L2/18-196

Date: June 6, 2018
Source: Ken Whistler
Subject: Response to L2/18-195,'Request to explain why certain
         sets of accepted characters have not advanced their ISO stage'

1. The answer for the first question about hiragana and katakana small ko is:

At first, the proposals did not advance because Japan objected. But then
read L2/16-334, L2/16-354, L2/16-358, and L2/17-091 in that order. The UTC
and WG2 are currently waiting for Japan to provide a more comprehensive
proposal for encoding the remaining small kana, including the small ko's.

2. The answer for the second question about Song counting rods is:

It would help to read section 9.3.18 of the WG2 meeting minutes from Hohhot:

https://unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf

Unless somebody endeavors to answer the questions raised there and to engage
with the Chinese NB about what is recorded there, the proposal will simply
languish.