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Open action items from UTC and L2

May 9, 2000

UTC #83 and L2 #180, April 25-28, 2000 in Mountain View [Microsoft]

UTC#

L2#

Who?

Action

Status

83-1

 

Lisa Moore

Bring forward the following issues for comments on 10646-2 at the next UTC meeting: Do not include 1D191 VOID NOTEHEAD (Western Music Symbols); Do not include bold fraktur in math; Do not need open face italic (swap out); Will need to accept the repertoire of CNS 527 Compatibility characters

 

83-2

 

Mark Davis

Have Cora Chang verify the collection of compatibility characters given in L2/00-087 (map to source and verify no duplicates)

 

83-3

 

Ken Whistler

Respond to Japan on the rising and falling tone letters. [L2/00-108]

 

83-4

 

V.S. Umamaheswaran

Distribute the reference to the TC304 search proposal to Unicore and ask for review.

 

83-5

 

V.S. Umamaheswaran

Create a proposal for identifying a collection of base plus combining characters.

 

83-6

 

Asmus Freytag

Correct the font for KHMER CURRENCY SYMBOL RIEL (U+17DB).

 

83-7

 

Asmus Freytag

Correct the Ethiopic fonts and related web documents and notify WG2.

 

83-8

 

Mike Ksar, Arnold Winkler, Asmus Freytag

Ensure that UTC members are aware of W3C documents that need to be reviewed.

 

83-9

 

Peter Bishop

Incorporate feedback on SCSU proposal received at the meeting and create a new proposal which includes proposed new and changed text to TR#6.

 

83-10

 

Ken Whistler

Add the private use ranges above FFFF to Unidata and properties files where appropriate.

 

83-11

 

Editorial Committee

Note the use of U+4, 5, or 6 hex digits for Unicode scalar values when announcing Unicode 3.0.1.

 

83-12

 

Mark Davis

Communicate the UTC's decision to use U+4, 5, or 6 hex digits for Unicode scalar values to WG2 and submit a proposal requesting that WG2 take appropriate action for synchronization.

 

83-13

 

Asmus Freytag

Update the chart program to work with 4, 5, or 6 hex digits for Unicode scalar values.

 

83-14

 

Arnold Winkler, Mark Davis, Rick McGowan

Communicate the change in number of hex digits to respective liaison organizations (WG20, W3C, IETF).

 

83-15

 

Asmus Freytag

Draft proposed language for UTR#9 to clarify mirroring.

 

83-16

 

Mark Davis

Update the bidi mirroring text file with feedback from the meeting and solicit further input.

 

83-17

 

Rick McGowan

Relay the UTC feedback on character normalization to the IETF and then let the UTC know the response.

 

83-18

 

Lisa Moore

Write to the Government of India and Michael Everson, relaying the UTC's concerns, and that the proposal is not yet ready for encoding or submitting to WG2.

 

83-19

 

Rick McGowan

Inform Marc Kuester of the UTC action on Old Italic.

 

83-20

 

Rick McGowan

Inform WG2 of the UTC position on Georgian.

 

83-21

 

Asmus Freytag

Contact Paul Nelson to find out more information on why these Urdu numbers are being proposed.

 

83-22

 

Asmus Freytag

Contact Paul Nelson with the following items regarding proposal [L2/00-135]: We need more examples of use of the three combining diacritics; we need to know if the epithets are purely decorative; we are opposed to encoding the ligature be taken in order to advance the TR.

 

83-23

 

Ken Whistler

Document the acceptances and rejections of characters on the Unicode web site.

 

83-24

 

Asmus Freytag

Relay feedback on L2/00-120 to Paul Nelson: Reytu is not yet well established; nishaan usage is as a logo; no more ligatures in Unicode

 

83-25

 

Mark Davis

Relay UTC feedback to Graham Asher and request an updated proposal: A number are already encoded, should be omitted from proposal; The company specific characters should be eliminated

 

83-26

 

Mike Ksar

Relay the UTC feedback on Arabic thousands separator to Paul Nelson.

 

83-27

 

Editorial Committee and Mike Ksar

The Editorial Committee is to prepare an erratum on the Arabic thousands separator and post to the web site. Mike Ksar will then take it to WG2

 

83-28

 

Joe Becker

Send a note to Tom Milo and Kamal Mansour describing the UTC action on Arabic thousands separator.

 

83-29

 

Asmus Freytag

Contact the appropriate font designers and let them know of the changes to U+25AA BLACK SMALL SQUARE, U+25AB WHITE SMALL SQUARE, and U+224C ALL EQUAL TO.

 

83-30

 

Patrick Ion

Analyze math symbols to propose annotations to clarify character usage.

 

83-31

 

Editorial Committee

Remand to the Editorial Committee to update the two UTR documents (UTR #6 and UTR #10) and the web site and announce the changes on Unicore and Unicode.

 

83-32

 

Editorial Committee

Issue an update version, Version 3.0.1, targeted for  June 2000 with the appropriate data table and semantic changes, corrigenda, and renaming of UTRs.

 

83-33

 

V.S. Umamaheswaran

Update the Unique Sequence Identifiers document with UTC feedback (using angle brackets and commas with optional spaces), and forward to WG2 as an L2 contribution. [L2/00-150R]

 

83-34

 

Asmus Freytag

Take UTC feedback, update Draft UTR#20: Unicode in XML and other Markup Languages, post on the web site and announce the new version to Unicore and W3C.

 

83-35

 

Mark Davis, Editorial Committee

Update UTS#10: Collation Algorithm reflecting motion 83-M16.

 

83-36

 

Mark Davis, Editorial Committee

Update UAX#15: Unicode Normalization Forms, reflecting motion 83-M17.

 

83-37

 

Editorial Committee

Add the case folding file to Unicode database as an informative file and include in V3.0.1.

 

83-38

 

Mark Davis

Update Draft UTR#22: Unicode Character Mapping Tables with feedback received at the meeting and solicit others to contribute to this work by adding their names to mappings@unicode.org. [L2/00-137, L2/00-138]

 

83-39

 

Mark Davis, Editorial Committee

Update UTR#19: UTF-32 to note that WG2 has included a restriction of 10FFFF for interoperability (use words from WG2 resolution M38.6).

 

83-40

 

Mark Davis

Create a proposed draft TR on script codes, based on motion 83-M19.

 

83-41

 

Mark Davis, Editorial Committee

Update UTS#10: Collation Algorithm, for shifted trim definition and examples, reflecting motion 83-M20.

 

83-42

 

Toby Phipps

Working with other interested parties, draft a white paper on implementing Unicode in databases.

 

83-43

 

Mark Davis

Incorporate feedback received at the meeting on the proposal for a zero width grapheme joiner, and post an updated document to Unicore for further discussion before the August UTC. [L2/00-156]

 

83-44

 

Lisa Moore

Ask for more justification on these duplicate radical characters.

 

83-45

 

John Jenkins

Document in Unicode 3.1 that the radical characters are compatibility characters and ensure that this is communicated to WG2 and the IRG.

 

83-46

 

Lisa Moore

Add the discussion of more information about compatibility ideographs and possible unifications to the August UTC agenda. [L2/00-146, L2/00-147]

 

83-47

 

Editorial Committee

Maintain appropriate versions of the data tables for all Unicode Technical Standards (UTS).

 

83-48

 

Ken Whistler

Include the eighteen characters approved in motion 83-M24 and all other approved characters in a proposal for WG2.

 

83-49

 

Ken Whistler

Update the Unicode web site pipeline document for all characters accepted during this meeting.

 

 

180-50

Arnold Winkler

Update the list of US delegates for SC2 and SC22 meetings with NCITS

Done

 

180-51

Arnold Winkler

Publish overview document about the access of disabled persons to information technology

Done

 

UTC #82 and L2 #179, January 31 – February 3, 2000 in San Jose  [Apple]

UTC#

L2#

Who?

Action

Status

82-1

 

John Jenkins

Discuss with Peter Edberg his old action item # 75-18.

Close

82-2

 

Lisa Moore

Instruct WG2 liaison to reaffirm M37.12, to accept removing the names of the Korean characters from the standard and determining the names by algorithm.

Done

 

82-3

 

Lisa Moore

Have Unicode liaison relay the information that OpenType is an example of implementation and is available on the web.

Done (Hart)

82-4

 

Ed Hart

Get Lisa the appropriate URLs for information on OpenType.

done

82-5

 

Mark Davis

Update Where is my Character? with feedback from the meeting

In progress
(done)

82-6

 

Mark Davis

Write a separate document addressing normalization and precomposed characters.

done

82-7

 

Mark Davis and Ken Whistler

Update Collation UTR and collation data tables.

Done L2/00-141

82-8

 

Asmus Freytag and Ken Whistler

List all characters that the UTC has approved post Version 3, prepare WG2 proposals, and proceed with amendments to 10646-1.

Done where possible

82-9

 

Barbara Beeton, Murray Sargent, and Ken Whistler

Update Math Symbols paper to use a similar semantic when applying the VARIANT SELECTOR, change "/ VS" into "U+20D2 COMBINING LONG VERTICAL LINE OVERLAY", and supply a glyph for Ax2B. Further describe that the VARIANT SELECTOR is used in cases where the difference is usually ignorable.

Done

82-10

 

Ken Whistler

Update the Unicode web site Pending page with the characters from the Math Symbols Proposal

Withdrawn

82-11

 

Lisa Moore

Respond to Shibano-san that character double asterisk no longer needs an explanation (part of Math Symbols repertoire), and that we do not agree with the usage of "AINU" in character names.

 

82-12

 

Mark Davis

Update UTR#19 to remove "Draft" from the title

 

82-13

 

Mark Davis

Incorporate feedback received during the meeting, change the title to prepend   "Unicode" and advance to draft.

 

82-14

 

Ken Whistler

Update the Unicode web site Pending page with the function application and invisible times.

Withdrawn

82-15

 

Arnold Winkler

Investigate how ANSI will make 10646-1 Second Edition available on the web.

Asked, no answer yet

82-16

 

Murray Sargent

Investigate if one of the symbols represents nan.

Closed, this meeting

82-17

 

Ken Whistler

Work with Barbara Beeton and other members of the math community to update the allocation document and to inform them of the change in the name of the math variant tag.

Done

82-18

 

Ken Whistler and Murray Sargent

Prepare the WG2 proposal document, for Beijing, if possible.

Done

82-19

 

Asmus Freytag

Update Unicode Technical Report #11, East Asian Width and change the revision level to 6.0.

Done

82-20

 

Mark Davis

Update the definition of case given in Unicode Technical Report #21, Case Mappings to include all characters that have case mappings.

 

82-21

 

Ken Whistler and Asmus Freytag

Create a proposed draft Unicode Technical Report for a Unicode Property Model.

In progress

82-22

 

Asmus Freytag and Mark Davis

Discuss Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Report #20, The Use of Unicode in Markup Languages to determine the next step to be taken in order to advance the TR.

Done
L2/00-145

82-23

 

Mark Davis

Based on feedback received during the meeting, update the proposed Unicode character and script submission form.

Mute

82-24

 

Uma and
Mike Ksar

Monitor activities of TC304.

Ongoing, closed

82-25

 

Lisa Moore

Add liaison status reports as a standing agenda item.

Done

82-26

 

Mark Davis

Remind everyone of the deadline for comments to Canonical XML on the Unicore mailing list.

Done

82-27

 

Officers

Update UTC Procedures and distribute to the membership  before the next UTC.

In progress

82-28

 

Michel Suignard

 Based on feedback received during the meeting, update the proposal for Private Use Characters

 

82-29

 

Mark Davis

Prepare the text for a corrigendum to the Unicode Standard  for the use of ZWJ and ZWNJ to be submitted at the next UTC.

In progress

82-30

 

Mark Davis

Relay to Michael Everson our discussion and decisions on ZWL/ZWNL.

Done

82-31

 

Asmus Freytag

Update Unicode Technical Report #6, Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode with the results of motion 82-M19.

Done

82-32

 

Ed Hart

Create UTC guidelines for changes other than character additions.

 

82-33

 

Michel Suignard

Include the UTC preference for the10646 name Unicode and range Planes 0..16 with the other committee comments on 10646.

Done

82-34

 

Mark Davis

Look at where we need  to make the handling of control code properties more clear in the Unicode Standard.   

In progress

82-35

 

Ken Whistler

To provide guidance to implementers on the handling of properties of unassigned characters, post a file describing property assumptions for the various ranges of unassigned characters.

 

82-36

 

Arnold Winkler

As the zero width grapheme break/join proposal was withdrawn, re-open Action Item 81-12 (for Mark Davis to prepare a proposal for WG2 for the Zero Width Word Joiner).

Done
see 81-12 below

 

179-01

Arnold Winkler

Send changes to delegation for Beijing and new delegates for SC2 in Greece to NCITS

Done

 

179-02

Arnold Winkler

Communicate ballot results from meeting votes to NCITS

Done

82-37

179-03

Arnold Winkler

Merge UTC and L2 document register into one

Done

 

UTC #81 and L2 #178, October 26-29, 1999 in Mission Viejo [Unisys]

UTC #

L2 #

Who ?

Action

Status 

 

 

 

 

 

81-1

 

Officers, Aliprand

Develop a policy on patents and inform the UTC

In progress

81-2

 

Mike Ksar

Pursue with the ISO secretariat that when 10646-1 first edition plus amendments is posted on the web to also include a notice that it has been superceded by the second edition

done

81-12

 

Mark Davis

Write up a WG2 character encoding proposal for the ZERO WIDTH WORD JOINER and forward to WG2. Document in the proposal the rationale for adding this character. The proposed glyph will be a dotted square with ZWWJ inside.

In progress

81-15

 

Umamaheswaran

Write a technical paper documenting how future POSIX locale structures can handle special case mappings for a WG20 meeting

open

81-38

 

Mark Davis

After working with Japanese encoding experts to verify the JIS X 0213 mappings, send a note to Unicore and Unicode expressing the UTC consensus that the recently published JIS X 0213 mappings to unassigned Unicode characters are invalid

On hold
see Sato's new document L2/00-146 and 147

 

178-44

Whistler

Write comments to EITAAC report and distribute

withdrawn

 

178-45

Winkler

Write to V1 that L2 recommends to withdraw ISO 10036

Done

 

UTC #80 and L2 #177, June 8-11, 1999 - Redmond [Microsoft]

UTC #

L2 #

Who ?

Action

Status

 

 

 

 

 

80-35

 

Murray Sargent and Barbara Beeton

Add to the math proposal descriptive text that can be used in the book.  For an example, look at the Syriac proposal.  We will need to know how the math characters should be used in practice, any systematic relationships, and the use of other characters with the math property that won't be in the math block.

In progress

 

UTC #78 and NCITS/L2 #175, December 1-4, 1998 - San Jose, CA

78-44

 

Mansour & Davis

Split Arabic script proposal into:

1)       characters for ancient Arabic

2)       Combining characters for Arabic.  Take Syriac combining characters into account in this proposal.

 

 

UTC #75 and L2 #172 (February 25-27, 1998 - Cupertino, CA)

UTC #

L2 #

Who

Action

Status

 

 

 

Revision of transcoding proposal

 

75-18

 

Edberg

Compile list of Big 5, etc. characters that cannot be transcoded

withdrawn

75-19

 

Aliprand

Compile list of EACC characters that cannot be transcoded

in progress, more by 6/2000

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