L2/19-122

Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 159
San José, CA — April 30 - May 3, 2019
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UTC #159 Agenda
Revision date: May 8, 2019


Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Meeting opened at 10:30 am.

10 members in regular attendance.
Quorum is 5.

Full Members in regular attendance: 7
Institutional Members in regular attendance: 2
Supporting Members in regular attendance: 1
Quorum: 5

8 members represented: Apple, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix, UCB, Google

Introductions

A.5.2.1 Review of open action items [L2/SD2]

UTC #165 scheduled for Oct 6-9, 2020.

Short break.

B.11.2 Unicode Standard Annex #42, Unicode Character Database in XML
B.11.2.1 Approve UAX #42 for Unicode V12.1 release

[159-C1] Consensus: Approve revision 26 of UAX #42 for Unicode 12.1.

[159-C2] Consensus: Release Unicode version 12.1 with the data in the 12.1.0 data directory, with UTS #10, UTS #39, UTS #46, and UAX #42, on May 7, 2019.

B.13.1 Positional category of Javanese pengkal [Lindenberg, Perdana, L2/19-083]

[159-C3] Consensus: Change the positional category of U+A9BE from "Right" to "Bottom_and_Right" for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A1] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Change the positional category of U+A9BE from "Right" to "Bottom_and_Right" for Unicode version 13.0.

C7.1 Unicode Letter Addition Proposal (Latin letter turned capital y) [Schüler, L2/19-072]

[159-A2] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-072 with feedback from the Script Ad-Hoc report.

C.7.2 Proposal to encode Latin Letter Reversed Half H [West, Everson, L2/19-092]

[159-C4] Consensus: Accept U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H and U+A7F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED HALF H, for encoding in a future version of the standard. See document L2/19-092.

[159-A3] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H and U+A7F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED HALF H. See document L2/19-092.

[159-A4] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H and U+A7F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED HALF H to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-092.

C.8 Proposal to encode the Old Turkic ligature ORKHON CI [Pandey, L2/19-069]

[159-A5] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the Script Ad-Hoc comments to the author of L2/19-069. Mention potential comparison with Old Hungarian and Runic.

C.10.1 Investigation of Tangut unification issues (WG2 N5031) [West, Zaytsev, L2/19-064]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.15 Peoplese half-length hyphen [Moore, L2/19-165]

[159-A6] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-165.

C.12 Proposal to add BREATH punctuation marks to the UCS [Sanhueza, L2/19-073]

[159-A7] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-073.

B.14.1 Mongolian
B.14.1.1 Mongolian at UTC 159

Mongolian ad hoc, oral report by Roozbeh Pournader.

[159-C5] Consensus: Remove all of the standardized variant information and the positional variants from the Mongolian code charts in Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A8] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Adjust the nameslist in Unicode version 13.0 in accordance with consensus 159-C5.

[159-C6] Consensus: Authorize a proposed draft UTR that captures the current variant information contained in the Mongolian code charts.

[159-A9] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Create a proposed draft UTR that captures the current variant information contained in the Mongolian code charts.

[159-A10] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Create a liaison statement to WG2 regarding removing the variant info from the Mongolian code charts.

Roll call adjustment: Bangladesh now represented.

9 members represented: Apple, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix, UCB, Google, Bangladesh

E.1.5 QID Emoji Proposal [Davis, L2/19-082]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.13.2 Proposal to define a space character as a group separator [Schneider, L2/19-112]

[159-A11] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add L2/19-112 to the next Script Ad Hoc agenda.

B.13.3 Proposal to spread a warning about legibility of six bidi-mirrored symbols [Schneider, L2/19-113]

[159-A12] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review the text of document L2/19-113 to see if there are any potential editorial changes to the text of UAX #9.

B.13.4 Proposal to focus line break prevention design on end-user input [Schneider, L2/19-114]

[159-A13] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-114.

B.13.5 Proposal to ensure usability of fixed-width spaces [Schneider, L2/19-115]

[159-A14] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-115. The UTC has determined that proposed actions 1 and 2 are not possible. Proposed actions 3 and 4 would be too disruptive to existing data.

B.13.6 Proposal to clarify the purpose of U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE [Schneider, L2/19-116]

[159-A15] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Reply to author of L2/19-116 that UTC declines to make the changes suggested in L2/19-116. UAX #14 allows tailoring of these characters, including thin space (linebreak property BA).

B.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-124]

[159-A16] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Andrew West feedback [Tue Apr 2 05:00:41 CDT 2019] that it has been forwarded to the proposal author.

[159-A17] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to William Overington's feedback in L2/19-124 of [Thu Apr 4 02:31:31 CDT 2019] and [Thu Apr 4 02:40:44 CDT 2019] that UTC declines to take action. These are out of scope.

[159-A18] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Lee Collins feedback in L2/19-124 [Wed Apr 10 15:25:00 CDT 2019] that V-source character of U+2B5CC has been updated based on his feedback.

[159-A19] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett's feedback in L2/19-124 [Wed Apr 10 16:11:23 CDT 2019] to thank him for the feedback. UTC would welcome assistance in providing text, or writing an independent UTN on Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls.

[159-A20] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett's feedback in L2/19-124 [Wed Apr 10 17:21:46 CDT 2019] to thank him for the feedback. UTC would welcome assistance in providing suggested text.

[159-A21] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Andrew West in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 28 19:10:54 CST 2019]. Thank you for this report. It has been remanded to the editors to be fixed in the next version.

[159-A21a] Action Item for Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Update text of UTS #51, per feedback from Anrew West in L2/19-124 in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 28 19:10:54 CST 2019].

[159-A22] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Add text to section 2 of UAX #31 on adding characters to a profile. See feedback from Klaus Hartke in L2/19-124 [Thu Mar 21 10:22:15 CDT 2019]. For Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A23] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Klaus Hartke regarding feedback in L2/19-124 [Thu Mar 21 10:22:15 CDT 2019] that it has been remanded to the editors for update in UAX #31 for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A24] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Fix typo in UAX #31 based on feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Apr 2 10:48:22 CDT 2019].

Short break.

[159-A25] Action Item for Murray Sargent: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Feb 12 15:54:25 CST 2019] on U+23B7 RADICAL SYMBOL BOTTOM, including for possible glyph change.

[159-A26] Action Item for Murray Sargent: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Feb 12 15:57:28 CST 2019] on MathClassEx-15.txt and make appropriate changes.

[159-A27] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Feb 12 15:59:19 CST 2019] about U+20E6 COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE OVERLAY.

[159-A28] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Wed Feb 13 13:48:22 CST 2019] about characters with question marks in BidiMirroring.txt.

[159-A29] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 14 14:31:50 CST 2019] about inconsistent Bidi_Mirrored for glyph parts, that UTC declines to take action on this issue, due to potential issues with stability.

[159-A30] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to feedback from Robert Ross in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 21 12:40:47 CST 2019].

[159-A31] Action Item for Mark Davis: Respond to feedback from Sascha Brawer in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 28 00:19:42 CST 2019].

Meeting adjourned for the day at 5:25 PM.


Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

Meeting opened at 9:35.

9 members represented: Apple, Adobe, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Bangladesh, Netflix, UCB, Google(proxy)

C.9.3 Proposal to encode ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE [Evans, et al, L2/19-111R]

[159-C7] Consensus: Accept U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A32] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE.

[159-A33] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE to document requesting future additions.

[159-A34] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Send font to Michel Suignard for U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE.

[159-A35] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Update L2/19-111 to reflect the code point of U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE.

Roll call adjustment: Google now represented in person.

C.9.4 Proposal to add ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW [Patel, et al, L2/19-118]

[159-C8] Consensus: Accept U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW, with properties as given in L2/19-118, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A36] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW.

[159-A37] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW to document requesting future additions.

[159-A38] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Send font to Michel Suignard for U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW.

[159-A39] Action Item for Lorna Evans, Editorial Committee: Provide text for the core spec regarding the appearance of the three dots in African styles of the Arabic script.

[159-A40] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Check the Arabic shaping properties for U+08C6 and U+08C7.

[159-A41] Action Item for Neil Patel, Deborah Anderson: Update L2/19-118 for change of codepoints, U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW.

C.9.1 Proposal to include Balti alphabet [Shaikh, L2/19-077]

[159-A42] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-077.

C.9.2 Proposal to include Shughni/Roshani Alphabet [Zohoori, L2/19-074]

[159-A43] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-074.

B.4.3 Glyph for U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME [Jenkins, L2/19-175]

[159-C9] Consensus: Change the glyph for U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME based on option 1 of document L2/19-175.

[159-A44] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update document L2/19-175 and submit to the IRG to document what UTC is doing with regard to U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME.

[159-A45] Action Item for Michel Suignard, Editorial Committee: Post a glyph erratum for U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME. See document L2/19-175.

[159-A46] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Update information about U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME in the core spec, for Unicode 13.0.

B.4.2 New kMandarin readings for 148 ideographs [Chung, L2/19-161]

[159-A47] Action Item for Peter Edberg: Send proposed kMandarin changes in document L2/19-161 to CLDR-TC for review. Also coordinate with other pending kMandarin changes.

B.11.3.2 Distributed file to be described in UAX #45 [Jenkins, L2/19-176]

[159-C10] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #45 for Unicode 13.0, to include the description of USourceRSChart.pdf.

[159-A48] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Produce a proposed update of UAX #45 to document USourceRSChart.pdf, for Unicode 13.0.

[159-A49] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI on UAX #45 for Unicode 13.0, to close July 16, 2019.

Short break.

B.4.4 Unihan Ad Hoc Report on Variant Changes [Jenkins, L2/19-186]

[159-C11] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #38 for Unicode 13.0 to document the new field "kSpoofVariant". See document L2/19-186.

[159-A50] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Produce a proposed update of UAX #38 for Unicode 13.0 to document the new field "kSpoofVariant". See document L2/19-186.

[159-A51] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI for UAX #38 for Unicode 13.0, to close July 16, 2019.

B.4.5 UAX #38 vs. UAX #42, and Unihan properties [Cook, L2/19-191]

[159-A52] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Add L2/19-191 to the agenda for the July 2019 UTC meeting.

B.4.1 Proposal to add kTGHZ2013 to the Unihan Database [Chung, L2/19-160]

[159-A53] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the Unihan database with the new provisional field kTGHZ2013 for Unicode 13.0.

[159-A54] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update UAX #38 to document the new kTGHZ2013 field.

[159-A55] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to Jaemin Chung with the status of L2/19-160 and L2/19-161.

B.3.2 Under-specified IRG source references [Cook, L2/19-066]

[159-A56] Action Item for Richard Cook: Work with China (Chen Zhuang) to provide feedback on issues discussed in L2/19-066.

B.3.3 Proposed Horizontal Extension to ISO/IEC 10646 [Jenkins, L2/19-185]

[159-A57] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update document L2/19-185 and re-submit, then forward to IRG.

B.11.3.1 Compatibility ideographs and UAX#45 [Jenkins, L2/19-065]

[159-A58] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Update UAX #45 based on document L2/19-065, for Unicode 13.0.

B.11.3.3 Proposal to update the U-Source reference for U+2B089 [Chan, et al, L2/19-081]

[159-A59] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the UAX #45 data file based on option 2 of document L2/19-081, and add to L2/19-185.

B.11.3.4 Proposal to add 4 music-used ideographs to UAX #45 [Chan, Jiang, L2/19-089]

[159-A60] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add the 4 ideographs from document L2/19-089 to UAX #45 with a status of "N".

[159-A61] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Contact the author of L2/19-089 to relay the outcome.

Lunch and ad hocs, 12:30 - 2:00 pm.

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2019Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/19-190]

[159-C12] Consensus: Advance the 55 characters in point 1 of L2/19-190 to draft candidate status for Unicode 13.0.

[159-C13] Consensus: Add 23 emoji ZWJ sequences plus their skin-tone variants, for a total of 138 emoji ZWJ sequences, as draft candidates, as described in document L2/19-189, to Emoji 13.0.

[159-A62] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add the 55 new draft candidate emoji characters and the 138 emoji ZWJ sequences to the draft emoji data files. See document L2/19-190.

[159-A63] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add the 55 new draft candidate emoji characters and the 138 emoji ZWJ sequences to the draft emoji charts. See document L2/19-190.

C.14 Replacement of Adlam reference font [Patel, et al, L2/19-119]

[159-C14] Consensus: Change the chart font for the Adlam script to use the Ebrima font.

[159-C15] Consensus: Post an erratum notice about the Adlam font change.

[159-A64] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Prepare an updated chart for Adlam using the Ebrima font.

[159-A65] Action Item for Rick McGowan, Editorial Committee: Prepare and post an erratum notice for the Adlam font change (using the new font in the notice).

[159-A66] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Generate an updated unversioned Adlam chart, and post it as the "current" code chart for that block on the Unicode site.

[159-A67] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Editorial Committee: Prepare and release a blog posting about the updated Adlam font and chart.

[159-A68] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Respond to the Barry brothers with information about Adlam font update.

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2019Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/19-190]
E.1.6.2 The Curse of Representation by Specificity, or: Why There Should Not Be a Transgender Flag Emoji (L2/19-080]) [Buff, L2/19-084]

[159-C16] Consensus: Accept the transgender flag as a draft candidate ZWJ sequence for Emoji 13.0, with data file additions as in document L2/19-193.

[159-A69] Action Item for Mark Davis: Make data changes and chart changes for adding transgender flag draft candidate, as documented in L2/19-193.

C.5 Proposal for encoding the Yezidi script in the SMP of the UCS [Rovenchak, Pirbari, Karaca, L2/19-051R]

[159-C17] Consensus: Accept 47 Yezidi characters at U+10E80..U+10EB2 in block Yezidi at U+10E80..U+10EBF, with properties as given in L2/19-051R, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A70] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include 47 Yezidi characters at U+10E80..U+10EB2 in block Yezidi at U+10E80..U+10EBF.

[159-A71] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add 47 Yezidi characters at U+10E80..U+10EB2 in block Yezidi at U+10E80..U+10EBF to document requesting future additions.

[159-A72] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Obtain a font for Yezidi and supply to Michel Suignard.

D.6 Request to change the default behavior of Newa Initial Ra [Scheuren, Maharjan, L2/19-170]

[159-A73] Action Item for Liang Hai: Write a document for UTC about atomically encoded murmured consonants in Newa.

[159-C18] Consensus: Clarify the Newa text model that the representation of repha and eyelash-ra should follow Devanagari practice.

[159-A74] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Update the core spec in version 13.0 to clarify the Newa text model.

[159-A75] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Respond to author of L2/19-170 about UTC results.

C.19 SBL Hebrew Font User Manual [Hudson, L2/19-183]

[159-A76] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Chris Chapman: Provide a document to UTC regarding issues about mark-ordering for Hebrew.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 5:20.


Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Meeting opened at 9:30.

9 members represented: Apple, Adobe, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Bangladesh, Netflix, UCB, Google

E.3 Proposal to Encode Znamenny Musical Notation in Unicode (Preliminary and Incomplete) [Andreev, et al, L2/19-053]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.2.1 Proposal for revision of Unicode Bangla Block [ICT Bangladesh/Kabir, L2/19-079]

Short break.

[159-C19] Consensus: Functional mappings of segmentation for actions such as backspace are needed by many languages. The UTC requests the CLDR-TC to prioritize creating such mappings, starting with Bangla. See CLDR ticket #12033.

[159-A77] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Manish Goregaokar: Work with Ken Whistler to improve the language in UAX #15 regarding script exclusion, section 5.1.

[159-C20] Consensus: The UTC requests that the CLDR-TC engage with Bangladesh and West Bengal on names, and specifically currency names.

[159-A78] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Communicate the above consensus 159-C20 to UTC representatives for West Bengal.

[159-A79] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Liang Hai, Peter Constable: Draft a document for UTC about multiple combining marks and spacing combining marks when used on NBSP.

[159-A80] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Editorial Committee: Review the Bengali/Bangla block introduction for potentially more updates to use "Bangla" terminology. See also parts of Chapter 12.

Lunch and ad-hocs, 12:30 - 1:45.

Discussion, reviewed/summarized Bangla issues.

E.1.3 Smileys under consideration for Unicode 13.0 [ESC/Burge, L2/19-085]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.1.4 Priorities for Future RGI Emoji Sequences [ESC/Burge, L2/19-101]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-124

[159-A81] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Lisa Moore: Investigate feedback from David Corbett on Table 7-1 [Tue Apr 2 10:13:24 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A82] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Editorial Committee: Update the Grantha block description to mention other Tamil characters that Grantha uses.

E.1.5 QID Emoji Proposal [Davis, L2/19-082R]

Short break.

[159-A83] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Prepare a working draft for a proposed update of UTS #51, based on L2/19-082R for the next UTC meeting.

B.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-124]

[159-A84] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Apr 2 10:41:35 CDT 2019] to the next Script Ad-Hoc agenda.

[159-A85] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update ranges in Table 4-8 of the core spec for Unicode version 13.0. See feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Apr 2 10:57:11 CDT 2019]

[159-A86] Action Item for Liang Hai: Confirm reported typo in Chakma. See feedback from David Corbett [Tue Apr 2 11:09:51 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A87] Action Item for Roozeh Pournader: Fix IndicPositionalCategory.txt based on feedback from Sridatta A [Tue Apr 2 12:10:23 CDT 2019] in document L2/19-124.

[159-A88] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add feedback from David Corbett [Thu Apr 11 08:54:29 CDT 2019] on Identifier_Type in L2/19-124 to the Script Ad-Hoc agenda.

[159-A89] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Fix Table 11-2 in the core spec based on feedback from David Corbett [Sat Apr 27 21:09:28 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A90] Action Item for Ken Lunde, Editorial Committee: Adjust the wording of UAX #50 regarding Egyptian hieroglyphs. See feedback from David Corbett [Sat Apr 27 21:27:08 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A91] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of Khowar language feedback [Mon, 4 Mar 2019 08:59:39] in L2/19-124 that the report has been forwarded to responsible parties in Microsoft.

C.17.1 Proposal to encode Cantonese Bopomofo Characters [Yang, Chan, L2/19-177]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.3.1 Mongolian Working Group Meeting 3 (MWG3) [Moore, L2/19-139]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break.

C.17.1 Proposal to encode Cantonese Bopomofo Characters [Yang, Chan, L2/19-177R]

[159-C21] Consensus: Accept four Bopomofo characters:

	U+31BC BOPOMOFO LETTER GW
	U+31BD BOPOMOFO LETTER KW
	U+31BE BOPOMOFO LETTER OE
	U+31BF BOPOMOFO LETTER AH

as described in document L2/19-177R for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A92] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include four Bopomofo characters:

	U+31BC BOPOMOFO LETTER GW
	U+31BD BOPOMOFO LETTER KW
	U+31BE BOPOMOFO LETTER OE
	U+31BF BOPOMOFO LETTER AH

See document L2/19-177R.

[159-A93] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add four Bopomofo characters:

	U+31BC BOPOMOFO LETTER GW
	U+31BD BOPOMOFO LETTER KW
	U+31BE BOPOMOFO LETTER OE
	U+31BF BOPOMOFO LETTER AH

to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-177R.

[159-A94] Action Item for Ben Yang: Provide a font/images to Michel Suignard for four new Bopomofo charcters. See L2/19-177R.

[159-A95] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update section 18.3 Bopomofo of the core spec, based on comments in L2/19-177R.

D.5 Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali [Scheuren, L2/19-143]

[159-C22] Consensus: Accept U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA with properties as given in L2/19-143 for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A96] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA

[159-A97] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA to document requesting future additions.

[159-A98] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Request Zachary Scheuren to provide a font for U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA to Michel Suignard. See document L2/19-143.

E.4 Proposal to encode the Zoroastrian symbol ‘Fravahar’ in Unicode [Pandey, L2/19-067]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.7 Proposal to encode a pair of Ascia symbols for Roman epigraphy [West, Everson, L2/19-091]

[159-C23] Consensus: Accept U+1019C ASCIA SYMBOL with properties as given in L2/19-091 for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A99] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+1019C ASCIA SYMBOL.

[159-A100] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+1019C ASCIA SYMBOL to document requesting future additions.

E.5 Proposal to add block elements and symbols for software developing [Li, L2/19-068]

[159-A101] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-068 and forward the Script Ad-Hoc feedback in L2/19-173, with CC to Doug Ewell.

C.22 A proposal for encoding italics in plain text using Variation Selector 14 [Overington, L2/19-063] C.22.1 Comments on comments about L2/19-063 Italics in Plain Text [Overington, L2/19-195]

[159-C24] Consensus: The UTC declines to accept the proposal to use a variation selector for italics, as documented in L2/19-063.

[159-C25] Consensus: The UTC establishes Consensus 159-C24 as a precedent, according to UTC procedures.

[159-A102] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Add a notice of non-approval reflecting the consensus 159-C24.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 5:45 pm.


Friday, May 3, 2019.

Meeting opened at 9:30.

8 members represented: Apple, Adobe, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, UCB, Google, Netflix

B.13.8 Supporting string properties in regular expressions [Bynens, L2/19-168]

[159-C26] Consensus: Add "RGI" as a prefix to ED22 in UTS #51, for version 13.0.

[159-A103] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Add "RGI" as a prefix to ED22 in UTS #51, for version 13.0.

[159-C27] Consensus: Add "RGI" prefix to the type field labels corresponding to the emoji sets defined by ED22 through ED25 of UTS #51.

[159-A104] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update emoji data files to add "RGI" prefixes as per consensus 159-C27.

Short break.

B.11.1 Draft for Proposed Update UAX #29, Unicode Text Segmentation [Chapman, L2/19-188]

[159-C28] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #29 for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A105] Action Item for Chris Chapman, Editorial Committee: Prepare a proposed update UAX #29 based on L2/19-188 as amended in discussion.

[159-A106] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post the PRI for proposed update UAX #29 for Unicode 13.0, to close July 16, 2019.

C.6 Proposal to add six phonetic characters for Scots (WG2 N5036) [Everson, L2/19-075]

[159-C29] Consensus: Accept 6 characters:

	U+1ABF COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER W BELOW
	U+1AC0 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED W BELOW
	U+AB68 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R WITH MIDDLE TILDE
	U+AB69 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED W
	U+AB6A MODIFIER LETTER LEFT TACK
	U+AB6B MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT TACK

with properties as given in L2/19-075, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A107] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include 6 phonetic characters for Scots. See document L2/19-075.

[159-A108] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add 6 phonetic characters for Scots to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-075.

[159-A109] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Ask Michael Everson to provide a font to Michel Suignard for printing 6 phonetic characters for Scots. See document L2/19-075.

E.2 Proposal to encode three cross symbols (WG2 N5037) [Everson, L2/19-076]

[159-C30] Consensus: Accept U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR with properties as given in L2/19-076 for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A110] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR. See document L2/19-076.

[159-A111] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-076.

[159-A112] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Ask Michael Everson to provide a font to Michel Suignard for printing U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR. See document L2/19-076.

A.5.1.1 Approve UTC meeting 158 minutes [L2/19-008]

[159-C31] Consensus: Approve the minutes of UTC #158 as documented in L2/19-008.

E.8 Proposal to encode three Christian symbols (WG2 N5040) [West, Everson, L2/19-093]

The UTC declined to take action on L2/19-093. The committee could entertain a proposal to change the script properties for the current symbols, U+101A0 GREEK TAU RHO, U+2CE8 COPTIC SYMBOL TAU RO, U+2CE9 COPTIC SYMBOL KHI RO.

Lunch and ad-hocs 12:30 - 1:45

B.13.8 Supporting string properties in regular expressions [Bynens, L2/19-168] B.14 Ad hoc reports B.14.4 String properties in regular expressions B.14.4.1 String properties in regular expressions UTC 159

[159-A113] Action Item for Mathias Bynens: Find good free letter(s) for what has been called "\q" in discussions. See document L2/19-168.

[159-A114] Action Item for Mark Davis: Create a working draft document of proposed update for UTS #18, based on discussion of string properties in regular expressions. See document L2/19-168.

E.9 Preliminary proposal on encoding Jianzi Musical Notation and Jianzi Format Controls in SMP [Culture and Art Publishing House, Chan, L2/19-107]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.3 Encoding Model for Conjuncts with Chillus [Johny, et al, L2/19-086] D.3.1 Comments on L2/19-086: Archaic Malayalam Sequences [Ganesan, L2/19-125]

[159-A115] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Incorporate text from L2/19-086R on Malayalam chillus into the core spec for Unicode 13.0.

D.4 Request to change Annotation of U+11FEC and U+11FED in Tamil Supplementary Block [Ganesan, L2/19-117] D.4.1 Response to L2/19-117 on Tamil annotations [Sharma, L2/19-184]

[159-A116] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Respond to Naga Ganesan regarding his document L2/19-117.

C.21 Final list of characters and quadrats for Mayan codices [Pallan, L2/19-171]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.20 Brief report from meeting on Cypro-Minoan, Paris, March 2019 [Anderson, L2/19-166]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.18 New charts for Northern and Southern Palaeohispanic [Ferrer, L2/19-045]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.11 Preliminary report on L2/17-337, revised chart of Naxi Dongba characters [Poupard, L2/19-071]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.6.1 Feedback on Garay [Rovenchak, Riley, L2/19-163]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.7 Response to Script Ad Hoc re: L2/18-319 on Bindi before Bihari in Gurmukhi [Singh, L2/19-167]

[159-A117] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Respond to Manvir Singh on L2/19-167 with Script Ad-Hoc feedback.

B.5 IETF B.5.1 Liaison report [Suignard]

Oral report by Michel Suignard.

B.7 UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics - Script Encoding Initiative B.7.1 Liaison report [Anderson, L2/19-174]

Oral report by Michel Suignard and Deborah Anderson.

B.8 ICU B.8.1 Liaison report [Umaoka, Scherer]

Oral report by Markus Scherer.

B.9 Unicode Locales Project (CLDR) B.9.1 Liaison report [Davis, Edberg]

Oral report by Mark Davis.

[159-A118] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Craig Cummings: Work with Kristi Lee on handling CLDR full day meeting logistics.

B.12.2 Editorial Committee report [Whistler]

Oral report by Ken Whistler. Discussion.

B.15.1 Review of Unicode 2018 Henri Sivonen docs [Scherer, L2/19-192]

[159-A119] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Respond to Henri Sivonen based on L2/19-192, page 4.

[159-A120] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Create a document highlighting proposed changes to the core spec based on document L2/19-192.

B.1.6 Review of document requesting new additions [Anderson, L2/19-198]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

[159-A121] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include draft candidate emoji characters for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A122] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add codepoints for the draft candidate emoji to the draft candidate emoji charts for version 13.0.

G.1 Thanks to the host.

Meeting adjourned for the week at 15:37.

L2 continued.


UTC Attendance

Person Representing
Deborah Anderson U.C. Berkeley
Dragan Besevic Netflix
Tim Brandall Netflix
Christopher Chapman Adobe
Pu Chen Netflix
Lee Collins Netflix
Peter Constable Microsoft
Craig Cummings VMware
Jennifer Daniel Google
Mark Davis Google
Peter Edberg Apple
Chester Fung Netflix
Manish Goregaokar Mozilla
Liang Hai Unicode
Amanda Hickman Emojination
Ned Holbrook Apple
Mohammad Enamul Kabir Bangladesh
Tayfun Karadeniz EmojiXpress
Kristi Lee Microsoft
Steven Loomis IBM
Ken Lunde Adobe
Rick McGowan Unicode
Lisa Moore Unicode
Keith Murphy self
Melinda Ozel Facebook
Stephanie Pakrul self
Alana Palmerini Apple
Matt Palmerlee Encode Logic
Roozbeh Pournader Facebook
Murray Sargent Microsoft
Markus Scherer Google
Jiali Sheng Microsoft
Sean Stewart Apple
Michel Suignard Unicode
Tex Texin Xencraft
Ken Whistler Unicode
Shawn Xu Netflix
Ben Yang Panlex
Md Ziauddin Bangladesh
   
By Phone
Aleksandr Andreev self
Mathias Bynens Google
Charles Carson Duke
Richard Cook Unicode
Craig Cornelius Google
Lorna Evans SIL
Kara Fong Facebook
John Jenkins Apple
Jennifer 8. Lee Emojination
Neil Patel self
   

Members Represented

Full Member 4/30/19 5/1/19 5/2/19 5/3/19

1. Adobe

yes yes yes yes

2. Apple Inc.

yes yes yes yes

3. Facebook

yes yes yes yes

4. Google, Inc.

yes yes yes yes

5. Huawei

6. IBM Corporation

yes yes yes yes

7. Microsoft Corporation

yes yes yes yes

8. Netflix

yes yes yes (proxy) yes

9. Oracle America, Inc.

10. SAP AG

11. Sultanate of Oman, MARA

Institutional Member

1. Bangladesh, MSICT

yes yes yes yes

2. India, MICT

3. Tamil Nadu, TVA

4. UCB

yes yes yes yes

Supporting Member

1. Emojipedia

2. Monotype Imaging Corp

Associate Member

1. Emojination

yes yes yes

2. SIL

yes

Individual Member

1. Craig Cummings

yes yes yes yes

2. Jennifer Lee

yes yes yes

3. Liang Hai

yes yes yes yes

4. Tex Texin

yes yes yes yes

Liaison Member



Members not in regular attendance: Huawei, Tamil Nadu, Oracle, SAP, Sultanate of Oman

Quorum: 5