L2/10-149 Title: WG2 Consent Docket Source: Ken Whistler Date: April 27, 2010 Action: For review by UTC The WG2 Meeting #56 was held April 19 - 23 in San José. During that meeting a number of decisions were taken approving new repertoire for 10646, in addition to various other changes that were the result of disposition of comments for FPDAM 8. This document summarizes changes in repertoire, character names, code points, or other changes which require some UTC action to bring the accepted repertoire back into synch. ================================================================= Changes Related to Amendment 8 Note that Amendment 8 goes to FDAM ballot. At this point any changes related to Amendment 8 should just be approved, as they cannot be changed in FDAM balloting. A. Character Removals from Amendment 8 WG2 agreed to U.S. ballot comments, and removed the following three characters from Amendment 8. Instead they were put back in the bucket, and will be balloted again as part of the Third Edition CD (see below). 1BFA BATAK SYMBOL BINDU GODANG 1BFB BATAK SYMBOL BINDU PINARJOLMA A78F LATIN LETTER MIDDLE DOT Recommendation: No action needed at this time for Amendment 8. These characters are still not approved by the UTC, but that was a deliberate decision, and the synchronization issue will be taken up again in the context of consideration of the Third Edition CD. B. Change of Block Name for Miscellaneous Pictographic Symbols The Miscellaneous Pictographic Symbols block was renamed to "Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs". Recommendation: Accept the block name change. C. Emoji Name Changes The following characters were renamed: 1F471 WESTERN PERSON --> 1F471 PERSON WITH BLOND HAIR 1F4A7 DROP OF WATER --> 1F4A7 DROPLET Recommendation: Accept these two name changes. D. Reorganization of Emoticons Block WG2 spent considerable time working on the disposition of comments regarding the Emoticons block, 1F600..1F64F. The results are summarized in WG2 N3829, the Emoji Ad-Hoc Meeting Report, and in the final disposition of comments. The repertoire of emoticons in Amendment 8 remained at the 63 already approved by the UTC, but the set was entirely rearranged. Many of the characters had changes to their names, and there were multiple glyph improvements as well. The final outcome which will be used for FDAM 8 is shown in chart and list format in WG2 N3826. (= L2/10-135) Recommendation: Reconfirm the encoding of 63 emoticon symbols in the Emoticons block, with the revised code points, names, and glyphs as shown in WG2 N3826. E. Final Approval for CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D The UTC has not yet gone on record as approving the repertoire for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D block in Amendment 8, 2B740..2B81F. At this point, the review is completed, and the repertoire will be published as part of Amendment 8 (and Unicode 6.0), so it is time to go on record for the approval. Recommendation: Approve 222 CJK Unified Ideographs in the range U+2B740..U+2B81D, in a new block, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D, U+2B740..U+2B81F, with glyphs and sources as shown in the multi-column chart in FPDAM 8. ================================================================= Changes Related to the Second Edition WG2 completed the disposition of comments for the FCD ballot for the Second Edition of 10646. The Second Edition will roll in all the changes to the text based on the disposition of comments, together with the accumulation of approved additions and other text changes for Amendments 1 - 8. There are no formal consent issues for the Second Edition, other than those already covered for Amendment 8 above. However, there are a couple issues of significance to note. The Irish NB proposed update of fonts for use in the Second Edition -- in particular, replacement of most of the fonts used for Latin characters, for Malayalam, for Lao, and for Coptic. The Editor did not accept the changes for Latin and Malayalam fonts. The Latin font changes involve a significant number of design issues, and will need more review. (See separate UTC agenda item on that.) For Malayalam another alternative using available high-quality fonts is planned for the future, along with updates for other Indic scripts. The Coptic font update was accepted, as it involves changes already vetted by the Copticist community and seen in Coptic additions already approved. The Lao font change was also accepted (and will be visible in the Unicode 6.0 charts), as it was a well-contained change that greatly improves the quality of that font. The other significant issue is also font-related, and has to do with the printing of charts for Extension B. The Second Edition will be published using a single-column font for Extension B. From the UTC point of view this is a regression, as Unicode 5.2 has already published Extension B in multi-column charts. The current plan is to keep that multi-column format for Extension B in Unicode 6.0, but everyone should be aware that this will continue a desynchronized publication of Extension B for Unicode 6.0 and 10646 Second Edition. That difference will not be resolved until the publication of 10646 Third Edition, to be synchronized with a future version of the Unicode Standard. ================================================================= Changes Related to the CD for the Third Edition In part because of the issue related to the fonts for production of multi-column charts for Extension B, WG2 decided to depart from its usual practice of starting amendments for newly approved repertoire, and instead started a CD for a Third Edition of 10646. This will reballot the *entire* standard once again, immediately following on the publication of the Second Edition. It will include any new repertoire additions as part of that ballot. This section of the consent docket details any differences or additions beyond what the UTC has already approved, in repertoire that WG2 decided to include in the CD for the Third Edition. F. Typikon Symbols The UTC approved four typikon symbols at the last UTC meeting. However, WG2 decided to rename the characters generically, move them into a different block, and annotate their use as typikon symbols, instead. The name and code point changes are: A698 TYPIKON SYMBOL GREAT FEAST A699 TYPIKON SYMBOL VIGIL SERVICE A69A TYPIKON SYMBOL POLYELEOS A69B TYPIKON SYMBOL LOWER RANK --> 1F540 CIRCLED CROSS POMMY 1F541 CROSS POMMY WITH HALF-CIRCLE BELOW 1F542 CROSS POMMY 1F543 NOTCHED LEFT SEMICIRCLE WITH THREE DOTS WG2 also agreed to small changes to the glyphs for these symbols. (Note: "CROSS POMMY" is apparently the preferred English spelling for the heraldic term "cross pommée" -- literally, "appled" cross, referring to the knobby shapes at the end of the arms of the cross.) Recommendation: Accept the revised names and code points. G. Sundanese Character Name Corrections A clerical error in the document on which the approval of Sundanese Supplement characters were based has turned up. This resulted in the rotation of 3 characters with respect to their glyphs in the charts. WG2 approved corrections as follows: 1CC4 SUNDANESE PUNCTUATION KA SATANGA 1CC5 SUNDANESE PUNCTUATION BA SATANGA 1CC7 SUNDANESE PUNCTUATION LEU SATANGA --> 1CC4 SUNDANESE PUNCTUATION LEU SATANGA 1CC5 SUNDANESE PUNCTUATION KA SATANGA 1CC7 SUNDANESE PUNCTUATION BA SATANGA Recommendation: Accept the three revised names for those code points. H. Georgian Character Additions WG2 approved the addition of 7 more Georgian characters, with glyphs and annotations as shown in WG2 N3775. 10C7 GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER YN 10CD GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AEN 10FD GEORGIAN LETTER AEN 10FE GEORGIAN LETTER HARD SIGN 10FF GEORGIAN LETTER LABIAL SIGN 2D27 GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER YN 2D2D GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER AEN Recommendation: Accept these 7 character additions, with properties as documented in WG2 N3775. (= L2/10-072) I. 2 Compatibility CJK Characters for Korean WG2 approved the addition of 2 CJK Compatibility Ideographs, to correct a mapping problem for KS X 1001. These are essentially two more duplicates, to deal with erroneous canonical decompositions for the originals. FA2E, corresponding to K0-522B (duplicate of existing F92C) FA2F, corresponding to K0-6766 (duplicate of existing F9B8) Recommendation: Discuss and decide what to do. J. Miao WG2 approved the encoding of the Miao script, based on WG2 N3789. The UTC has seen and discussed several iterations of the Miao encoding, and WG2 deemed the latest document to be mature for ballot. A problem was noted for the names of the combining characters for vowel signs, but rather than try to fix those in the resolution, the ballot will be based specifically on WG2 N3789, and national bodies will suggest name improvements in ballot comments. Recommendation: Accept 128 Miao characters for the Miao script, in the ranges U+16F00..U+16F41 and U+16F50..U+16F8D, in a new Miao block with the range U+16F00..U+16F8F, with glyphs, names, code points, and properties as shown in WG2 N3789. (= L2/10-093) K. Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols WG2 approved a new block of Arabic math symbols, based on WG2 N3799. This is a proposal that the UTC has seen and discussed, with some updates based on the discussion. Recommendation: Accept 143 Arabic math symbols, in a new Arabic Matheamtical Alphabetic Symbols with the range U+1EE00..U+1EEFF, with glyphs, names, code points, and properties as shown in WG2 N3799. (= L2/10-105) L. Emoticon Character Additions The Irish NB proposed 13 more additions to the Emoticons block. These were postponed from Amendment 8, but approved by WG2 for ballotting in the CD for the Third Addition. The list of 13, with their names and glyphs, can be seen in WG2 N3834. (= L2/10-142) Recommendation: Discuss and decide what to do.