L2/03-397R Date: October 29, 2003 Title: WG2 Consent Docket Source: Ken Whistler Action: For consideration by the UTC WG2 met last week and took actions on a very large number of characters -- 810 of them, to be exact. In most instances, the approvals by WG2 matched the existing decision by the UTC on some script or collection of characters that the UTC has already considered. However, as usual, there were a number of twiddles involving the additions of characters (or in one instance an entire script), or code points moved, or proposed character name changes. All such instances where the WG2 resolutions (which will be reflected in the content of the pDAM 1 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003) are summarized in this document, organized by categories, to make the UTC consideration of changes more efficient. The primary, relevant WG2 document to refer to in consideration of these changes is WG2 N2676, the "Characters approved by WG2 for PDAM 1 of ISO/IEC 10646", which shows all the approved characters, blocks, glyphs, and names, in chart and names list format, and with annotation of source documents. ============================================================================ 1. UTC-approved characters with WG2 code point changes a. 0358 COMBINING LONG DOUBLE SOLIDUS OVERLAY ==> U+20EB Rationale: Belongs with combining diacritical marks for symbols. b. 1A19 BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN U 1A1A BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN E 1A1B BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN O 1A1C BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN AE ==> 1A18 BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN U 1A19 BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN E 1A1A BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN O 1A1B BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN AE Rationale: Closed up gap after deletion of 1A18. (see 5a below) c. 2E0D TWO DOT PUNCTUATION ==> U+205A 2E0F DOTTED CROSS ==> U+205C Rationale: Coalescence of archaic dotted punctuation. d. 2692 METRICAL BREVE 2693 METRICAL LONG OVER SHORT 2694 METRICAL SHORT OVER LONG 2695 METRICAL LONG OVER TWO SHORTS 2696 METRICAL TWO SHORTS OVER LONG 2697 METRICAL TWO SHORTS JOINED 2698 METRICAL TRISEME 2699 METRICAL TETRASEME 269A METRICAL PENTASEME ==> 23D1 METRICAL BREVE 23D2 METRICAL LONG OVER SHORT 23D3 METRICAL SHORT OVER LONG 23D4 METRICAL LONG OVER TWO SHORTS 23D5 METRICAL TWO SHORTS OVER LONG 23D6 METRICAL TWO SHORTS JOINED 23D7 METRICAL TRISEME 23D8 METRICAL TETRASEME 23D9 METRICAL PENTASEME Rationale: The metrical symbols are more appropriate to the Technical Symbols block than the Miscellaneous Symbols block. e. AB80 PHAGS-PA LETTER KA ... ABB3 PHAGS-PA MARK DOUBLE SHAD ==> A840 PHAGS-PA LETTER KA ... A873 PHAGS-PA MARK DOUBLE SHAD Rationale: Entire block moved to vicinity of Syloti Nagri to compact allocated space usage. ============================================================================ 2. UTC-approved characters with WG2 name changes a. 2056 TRIANGULAR COLON ==> THREE DOT PUNCTUATION 2058 DIAMOND COLON ==> FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION 2059 QUINTUPLE COLON ==> FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION b. 27C1 TRIANGLE ENCLOSED WITHIN TRIANGLE ==> WHITE TRIANGLE CONTAINING SMALL WHITE TRIANGLE c. 2C25 GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER SMALL MASCULINE YUS ==> GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER SMALL YUS WITH TAIL 2C55 GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER SMALL MASCULINE YUS ==> GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER SMALL YUS WITH TAIL d. 1D6A4 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC DOTLESS I ==> MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL DOTLESS I 1D6A5 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC DOTLESS J ==> MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL DOTLESS J ============================================================================ 3. UTC-approved characters with WG2 code point *and* name changes a. 2E0E FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION ==> 205B FOUR DOT MARK Rationale: Coalescence of archaic dotted punctuation. Name clash with new name for U+2058 FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION. ============================================================================ 4. Characters added by WG2, not yet approved by the UTC a. 03FD REVERSED GREEK CAPITAL LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL 03FE DOTTED GREEK CAPITAL LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL 03FF REVERSED DOTTED GREEK CAPITAL LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL Source: WG2 N2642 (= L2/03-324R) Note: From TLG Greek sources. b. 060B AFGHANI SIGN Source: WG2 N2640 c. 1D79 LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR G Source: WG2 N2641 Note: N2646 incorrectly lists the name as "LATIN LETTER INSULAR G". d. 1DC0 COMBINING DOTTED GRAVE ACCENT 1DC1 COMBINING DOTTED ACUTE ACCENT Source: WG2 N2642 (= L2/03-324R) Note: From TLG Greek sources. e. 205D TRICOLON Source: WG2 N2642 (= L2/03-324R) Note: From TLG Greek sources. f. 205E VERTICAL FOUR DOTS Source: WG2 N2655 g. Dictionary symbols 2692 HAMMER AND CHISEL 2693 ANCHOR 2694 CROSSED SWORDS 2695 ROD OF AESCLEPIUS 2696 SCALES 2697 ALEMBIC 2698 FLOWER 2699 GEAR 269A STAFF OF HERMES Source: WG2 N2655 h. Gender symbols 26A2 DOUBLED FEMALE SIGN 26A3 DOUBLED MALE SIGN 26A4 INTERLOCKED FEMALE AND MALE SIGN 26A5 MALE AND FEMALE SIGN 26A6 MALE WITH STROKE SIGN 26A7 MALE WITH STROKE AND MALE AND FEMALE SIGN 26A8 VERTICAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN 26A9 HORIZONTAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN Source: WG2 N2587, N2663 Note: The UTC has discussed this set and the genealogical symbols already (see below). WG2 decided based on a revised proposal that took into account UTC feedback on the earlier document. i. Circles 26AA MEDIUM WHITE CIRCLE 26AB MEDIUM BLACK CIRCLE 26AC MEDIUM SMALL WHITE CIRCLE Source: WG2 N2587, N2663 j. Genealogical symbols 26AD MARRIAGE SYMBOL 26AE DIVORCE SYMBOL 26AF UNMARRIED PARTNERSHIP SYMBOL 26B0 COFFIN 26B1 FUNERAL URN Source: WG2 N2587, N2663 k. 2B12 SQUARE WITH TOP HALF BLACK 2B13 SQUARE WITH BOTTOM HALF BLACK Source: WG2 N2655 l. 2CBC COPTIC SYMBOL KHI RO Source: WG2 N2636 (= L2/03-283) Note: Was rejected by UTC, restored by WG2. m. 2E0D RAISED SMALL DIAGONAL LOWER LEFT TO UPPER RIGHT Source: WG2 N2675 n. Ancient Greek textual symbols 2E0E EDITORIAL CORONIS 2E0F PARAGRAPHOS 2E10 FORKED PARAGRAPHOS 2E11 REVERSED FORKED PARAGRAPHOS 2E12 HYPODIASTOLE 2E13 DOTTED OBELOS 2E14 DOWNWARDS ANCORA 2E15 UPWARDS ANCORA 2E16 DOTTED RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE Source: WG2 N2642 (= L2/03-312R) Note: Discussed already by the UTC, but not formally approved. o. 2E17 DOUBLE OBLIQUE HYPHEN Source: WG2 N2639, N2647, N2655, N2657, N2636 ============================================================================ 5. UTC-approved characters, deleted by WG2 a. 1A18 BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN YI 1A1D BUGINESE VIRAMA Source: WG2 N2588, N2663R ============================================================================ 6. Script added by WG2, not yet approved by the UTC a. Tai Lue (80 characters), at U+1980..U+19DF Source: WG2 N2634, N2665, N2671 Note: The Chinese preference for the name of the script is "Xishuang Banna Dai", and that needs to be reflected in the names list and documentation somehow. ============================================================================ 7. Block added by WG2, not yet approved by the UTC a. Tai Lue: U+1980..U+19DF b. Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement: U+1DC0..U+1DFF ============================================================================ 8. Block boundary changed by WG2 a. Coptic: U+2C80..U+2CBF ==> U+2C80..U+2CCF b. Phags-pa: U+AB80..U+ABBF ==> U+A840..U+A87F ============================================================================ 9. UTC-approved variation sequences impacted by WG2 character move. a. Phags-pa variation sequences need to be redefined to reflect the character moves for the Phags-pa block: ==> ==> ==> ==>