[78086] FRI 12/13/96 14:05 FROM V-SGREEN@MICROSOFT.COM "Steve Greenfield (Unicode)": UTC #70 Attendance List; 82 LINES Received: by rlg.org; Fri, 13 Dec 96 14:05:51 PST Received: from mail5.microsoft.com by Unicode.ORG (NX5.67c/NX3.0M) id AA07248; Fri, 13 Dec 96 14:02:39 -0800 Received: by INET-05-IMC.itg.microsoft.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63) id <01BBE8FE.CB966930@INET-05-IMC.itg.microsoft.com>; Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:06:11 -0800 Message-Id: From: "Steve Greenfield (Unicode)" To: 'Lisa Moore' , "'mark_davis@taligent.com'" , "'Joseph D. Becker'" , "'corporate-members@unicode.org'" , "'kouji_goutoudo@justsystem.co.jp'" , "'hiroaki_kondo@justsystem.co.jp'" To: "'mgm@sybase.com'" , "'texin@progress.com'" , "'hiura@eng.sun.com'" , "'mleisher@crl.nmsu.edu'" , "'alan_barrett@crd.lotus.com'" , "'greenwood@openmarket.com'" To: "'judith@vivid.com'" , "'nng@us.oracle.com'" , "'richard_ishida.rxl@eur.xerox. com'" , "'rafael_marrero@mc.xerox.com'" Cc: Mike Kernaghan Subject: UTC #70 Attendance List Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:04:49 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Encoding: 42 TEXT Corporate Members: John H. Jenkins, Apple Computer, Inc., jenkins@apple.com Mike Ksar, Hewlett-Packard Company, mike_ksar@hp.com V.S. Umamaheswaran, IBM Corporation, dorai@vnet.ibm.com Lisa Moore, IBM Corporation, lisam@vnet.ibm.com Tatsuo Kobayashi, Justsytem Corporation, tatsuo_kobayashi@justsystem.co.jp Kouji Gotouda, Justsytem Corporation, kouji_goutoudo@justsystem.co.jp Hiroaki Kondo, Justsytem Corporation, hiroaki_kondo@justsystem.co.jp Murray Sargent, III, Microsoft Corporation, murrays@microsoft.com Gary Roberts, NCR, gary.roberts@sandiegoca.ncr.com Rick McGowan, NeXT Software, Inc., rick_mcgowan@next.com Lloyd Honomichl, Novell, Inc., lloyd_honomichl@novell.com Joan Aliprand, Research Libraries Group, Inc., br.jma@rlg.org Misha Wolf, Reuters, Ltd., mish.wolf@reuters.com Glenn Adams, Spyglass, Inc., glenn@spyglass.com Mike McKenna, Sybase, Inc., mgm@sybase.com Associate Members: Tex Texin, Progress Software Corporation, texin@progress.com Hideki Hiura, Sun Microsystems, Inc., hiura@eng.sun.com Mark Davis, Taligent, Inc., mark_davis@taligent.com Michael Kung, Oracle Corporation, mkung@us.oracle.com Observers: John McConnell, Gamma Productions, Inc., johnm@gammapro.com Mark Leisher, NMSU/CRL, mleisher@crl.nmsu.edu Alan Barrett, Lotus Development Corporation, alan_barrett@crd.lotus.com Tim Greenwood, Open Market, Inc., greenwood@openmarket.com Judith Gilbert, vivid studios, judith@vivid.com Nelson Ng, Oracle Corporation, nng@us.oracle.com Richard Ishida, Xerox Corporation, richard_ishida.rxl@eur.xerox. com Rafael O. Marrero, Xerox Corporation, rafael_marrero@mc.xerox.com Unicode Officers: Joseph Becker, Unicode Technical Vice President, becker.osbu_north@xerox.com Scribe: Steve Greenfield, Unicode, Inc., unicode-inc@unicode.org ---------------------------- Forwarded Copies --------------------------------- FORWARDED ON 12/13/96 14:08 FROM BR.JMA "Joan Aliprand": Completed action item (from UTC #71) Arnold: You can mark this Action Item as "Done" -- Joan To: AW(ARNOLD.WINKLER@UNISYS.COM) ---------------------------- Replies Sent ------------------------------------- REPLY ON 12/13/96 14:07 FROM BR.JMA "Joan Aliprand": UTC #70 Attendance List Thanks, Steve. -- Joan To: V-SGREEN@MICROSOFT.COM [76789] MON 11/04/96 17:10 FROM V-SGREEN@MICROSOFT.COM "Steve Greenfield (Unicode)": Action Items & Motions from UTC #70; 449 LINES Received: by rlg.org; Mon, 4 Nov 96 17:10:43 PST Received: by Unicode.ORG (NX5.67c/NX3.0M) id AA20772; Mon, 4 Nov 96 16:36:54 -0800 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 96 16:36:54 -0800 From: unicore@Unicode.ORG Message-Id: <9611050036.AA20772@Unicode.ORG> Reply-To: "Steve Greenfield (Unicode)" Errors-To: uni-bounce@Unicode.ORG Subject: Action Items & Motions from UTC #70 To: unicore@Unicode.ORG Here are the action items and motions from UTC #70. Steve ==================== Action Items & Resolutions Generated at UTC #70 ADAMS: Action Item #70 - A8: Adams: Glenn Adams is to work with Joseph Becker on preparation of draft text of the pDAM for Ethiopic script. (Open) Action Item #70 - A14: Davis, Wolf, Adams Invite comment on compression algorithm from the Internet community. (Open) Action Item #70 - A19: Adams Assist Moore with draft text of the pDAM for Cherokee script. (Open) Action Item #70 - A22: Adams Work with Japanese National Body on RFC. (Open) Action Item #70 - A32: Adams: Work with John Jenkins generating "stripped" fonts for use by the general public. All fonts are to have the hints pulled so that there is no infringement on any font vendors' technology. (Open) Action Item #70 - A38: Adams Include UTF-8 as MIME charset in RFC he is working on with Japanese National Standards Body. (Open) Action Item #70 - A39: Adams Register Version 2.0 designations (UNICODE-2-0; UNICODE-2-0-UTF7; UNICODE-2-0-UTF8) with IANA. (Open) Action Item #70 - A40: Adams When IANA registration is completed, post announcement to news. (Open) Action Item #70 - A47: Adams Provide all documentation to Rick McGowan (the URL and/or hard copy) of Sven's updates on Categorization and Allocation for WG2. (Open) Action Item #70 - A49: Adams Ask Chinese NSB if ordering of Yi syllables in the latest proposal corresponds to the traditional ordering of the syllables. (Open) Action Item #70 - A54: Adams Take over lead on Khmer Proposal, if Lee Collins is unable to move the proposal forward. (Open) Action Item #70 - A55: Adams Send information re contacts in Sri Lanka to Mark Davis. (Open) Action Item #70 - A58: Adams Create cross-mapping tables between ISCII and Unicode. Send to Davis for verification. (Open) Action Item #70 - A60: Adams or Davis Post ISCII mapping tables to FTP site. (Open) ALIPRAND: Action Item #70 - A3: Aliprand Reply to Ed Hart and to SHARE, Inc. to notify them that the UTC is unable to accept SHARE's offer to host the March UTC meeting due to scheduling of IUC #10 in Germany. (Open) Action Item #70 - A15: Aliprand, Greenfield Put Compression algorithm on agenda for UTC #71. (Open) Action Item #70 - A28: Aliprand, Greenfield Put apostrophe discussion paper on agenda for UTC #71. (Open) Action Item #70 - A41: Aliprand Reply to letter from Jack Halpern. 1. UTC does not wish to publish the dictionary as a Unicode Technical Report. 2. The UTC lacks the resources to evaluate the dictionary in sufficient depth. 3. The UTC requires that the dictionary include a disclaimer that its data does not reflect official mapping data of the Unicode Consortium or the IRG. 4. The title of the dictionary should conform to standard practice for the fair use of trademarks. 5. Any errors in the official Unicode mapping tables should be reported to errata@unicode.org. (Open) Action Item #70 - A48: Aliprand, Greenfield Put Yi script on agenda for UTC #71. (Done; Nov. 4, 1996) Action Item #70 - A51: Aliprand, Greenfield Put Mongolian script on agenda for UTC #71. (Done; Nov. 4, 1996) Action Item #70 - A57: Aliprand Contact Anthony Brickell, British Library, and have him review the Tifinagh proposal and submit any feedback to Rick McGowan. (Open) BECKER: Action Item #70 - A9: Becker Prepare draft text of the pDAM for Ethiopic script, incorporating feedback from Glenn Adams. (Done; Nov. 1, 1996) Action Item #70 - A45: Becker Work with Mark Davis and Rick McGowan to update Allocation and Catagorization document for submission to WG2. This document should list available resources (from WG2) to help make future updates more efficient and effective. (Work in Progress; Nov. 4, 1996) DAVIS: Action Item #70 - A13: Davis Supply description of compression algorithm to Adams for posting on the Web. (Open) Action Item #70 - A14: Davis, Wolf, Adams Invite comment on compression algorithm from the Internet community. (Open) Action Item #70 - A16: Davis Supply description of compression algorithm and code to Misha Wolf for the Global Standards Telephony meeting (to be held 2 weeks after UTC meeting). (Open) Action Item #70 - A23: Davis 1. Make changes accepted by UTC to the character database. 2. Put revised character database on the FTP site. 3. Announce changes on the Web site (as Errata). (Open) Action Item #70 - A24: Siugnard, Davis Prepare proposal to WG2 (including form) for addition of new character named MODIFIER LETTER MIDDLE DOT, recommended position 02DF, and function as letter extender (as used in Catalan). (Open) Action Item #70 - A25: Davis Provide text to help in clarifying code point 00B7 (middle dot) usage. (Open) Action Item #70 - A26: Davis Announce a closing date for comments on apostrophe discussion paper on unicore list. (Open) Action Item #70 - A27: Davis Incorporate comments into revision of apostrophe discussion paper for *** UTC #71. (Open) Action Item #70 - A29: Davis Working with John Jenkins and Murray Sargent, split up non-Han and non-Hangul pieces to the web. Mark is to also check with Unicode's lawyer to see if the fonts that were used to print Version 2.0 can be distributed freely, if all the hints are removed. (Open) Action Item #70 - A37: Davis Post description of Java non-compliance with UTF-8 to unicore. (Open) Action Item #70 - A46: Davis Work with Joe Becker and Rick McGowan to update Allocation and Catagorization document for submission to WG2. This document should list available resources (from WG2) to help make future updates more efficient and effective. (Open) Action Item #70 - A56: Davis Contact Sri Lankan experts about Sinhalese proposal. Names and addresses are to be provided by Glenn Adams. (Open) Action Item #70 - A59: Davis Review ISCII mapping tables. (Open) Action Item #70 - A60: Adams or Davis Post ISCII mapping tables to FTP site. (Open) Action Item #70 - A62: Davis Talk with Tex Texin of Progress Software about what's involved with hosting an IUC. (Open) FREYTAG: Action Item #70 - A20: Freytag The Consortium's X3L2 representative is instructed to respond positively when Extension A is put before X3L2. (Open) Action Item #70 - A43: Freytag Re-examine proposed names for additional symbols in light of comments from WG2 representatives. (With Whistler) (Open) GREENFIELD: Standing Action Item: Greenfield For future action items; list group alphabetically, then chronologically. (e.g.: Aliprand, Davis, Greenfield, etc.) Action Item #70 - A1: Greenfield Make necessary editorial changes to UTC #69 Minutes. Verify that there is a missing bulleted item (Tibetan action item in Ethiopic discussion). (Done) Action Item #70 - A2: Greenfield Ask for copy of Jack Halpern's letter [UTC #70 (1996-09-07) - 34] and distribute to those members that require a copy. (Done; Oct. 2, 1996) Action Item #70 - A5: Greenfield Send an e-mail to Unicore listing the corrections to Calendar of Events by Friday, September 13. (Done; Sept. 18, 1996) Action Item #70 - A7: Greenfield Have Ed Hart provide a copy of the latest Character Glyph Model for distribution to Unicore (and interested parties) for feedback. This is to be completed by September 17. (Done; Sept. 13, 1996) Action Item #70 - A15: Aliprand, Greenfield Put Compression algorithm on agenda for UTC #71. (Done; Nov. 4, 1996) Action Item #70 - A28: Aliprand, Greenfield Put apostrophe discussion paper on agenda for UTC #71. (Done; Nov. 4, 1996) Action Item #70 - A48: Aliprand, Greenfield Put Yi script on agenda for UTC #71. (Done; Nov. 4, 1996) Action Item #70 - A51: Aliprand, Greenfield Put Mongolian script on agenda for UTC #71. (Done; Nov. 4, 1996) Action Item #70 - A61: Greenfield Send out to Corporate members a clarification on the cost of Version 2.0, our corporate sales representative at Addison-Wesley, and their discount. (Done; Sept. 9, 1996) Action Item #70 - A64: Greenfield Add News, Unicode-Request, and Errata to DL list on back of agenda. Verify list with Rick McGowan before sending out to membership. (Done; Oct. 25, 1996) HONOMICHL: Action Item #70 - A4: Honomichl Provide alternate representative name for Novell for roster update to Steve Greenfield. (Open) JENKINS: Action Item #70 - A10: Jenkins Generate font for Ethiopic script. Give it to Becker, Freytag and Suignard. (Done; Nov. 1, 1996) Action Item #70 - A11: Jenkins Produce proposal to WG2 on synthetic scripts (such as the Deseret alphabet, Klingon, Tolkien's Elvish). (Done; Nov. 1, 1996) Action Item #70 - A21: Jenkins Acting as the Unicode Consortium representative to the IRG, instructed to let IRG know of UTC's willingness to accept vertical extention repertoire. This should be done on Monday, September 9. (Done; Sept. 96) Action Item #70 - A30: Jenkins Working with Mark Davis and Murray Sargent, split up non-Han and non-Hangul pieces to the web. John is then to put these fonts, with all hints stripped, on the ftp site. (Done; Sept. 1996) Action Item #70 - A33: Jenkins Work with Glenn Adams generating "stripped" fonts for use by the general public. All fonts are to have the hints pulled so that there is no infringment on any font vendors' technology. (Done; Sept. 1996) Action Item #70 - A34: Jenkins Make font proofing tool publicly available to help with promotion of Unicode font. (Open) Action Item #70 - A53: Jenkins Talk to Lee Collins about putting forth a proposal on Burmese for submission to WG2. (Done; Sept. 1996) LEISHER: Leisher: Action Item #70 - A35: Leisher Keep the UTC informed of NMSU's font development through e-mail. (Open) McGOWAN: Action Item #70 - A12: McGowan Create straw man allocation of scripts to supplementary plane 1. (Open) MOORE: Action Item #70 - A17: Moore Prepare draft text of the pDAM for Cherokee script, incorporating feedback from Glenn Adams. (Open) Action Item #70 - A18: Moore Send information about Cherokee fonts to John Jenkins. (Open) ROBERTS: Action Item #70 - A36: Roberts Post URL for latest version of Francois Yergeau's RFC on UTF-8 on unicore. (Done; Sept. 9, 1996) SARGENT: Action Item #70 - A31: Sargent Working with Mark Davis and John Jenkins, split up non-Han and non-Hangul pieces to the web. Check into whether Microsoft can provide FE fonts for the web site so that Unicode can be displayed. (Open) SUIGNARD: Action Item #70 - A24: Siugnard, Davis Prepare proposal to WG2 (including form) for addition of new character named MODIFIER LETTER MIDDLE DOT, recommended position 02DF, and function as letter extender (as used in Catalan). (Done; Nov. 4, 1996) TEXIN: Action Item #70 - A63: Texin Talk with Mark Davis about what's involved with hosting an IUC. Texin is then to talk to Barbara Jarzyna about the possibility of hosting a shortened version of a conference, and to also let her know of any event-holes that a conference could be held during. (Open) UNICODE OFFICERS: Officers (Unicode, Inc.): Action Item #70 - A42: Officers Add disclaimer to logo license agreement that granting a license to use the logo does not imply endorsement of the product by the Consortium. (Open) Action Item #70 - A53: Officers Talk to Barbara Jarzyna about the possibility of hosting an East Coast conference. Possibly an abbreviated conference. (Open) UTC PARTIPANTS: Action Item #70 - A6: UTC Participants Send confirmation to Steve Greenfield (unicode-inc@unicode.org) when participant's action item has been completed. Participant is to cc Mike Kernaghan (mike_kernaghan@unicode.org) and Joan Aliprand (joan_aliprand@unicode.org). (Open) Action Item #70 - A50: UTC Participants Review most recent WG2 proposal for Mongolian script. (Open) WHISTLER: Action Item #70 - A44: Whistler Re-examine proposed names for additional symbols in light of comments from WG2 representatives. (With Freytag) (Open) WOLF: Action Item #70 - A14: Davis, Wolf, Adams Invite comment on compression algorithm from the Internet community. (Open) Motions Generated from UTC #70: Motion #70-1: That the minutes [document UTC #70 (1996-090-7) - 27] be approved as ammended. Moved by Murray Sargent, seconded by Dr. V.S. Umawarahasen. Vote: Unanimous vote Minutes approved (with editorial changes.) i.e.: Tibetan action item listed under Ethiopic catagory. Delete action (#69-A39; A40) items that are incomplete. Motion #70-2: Unless members of the Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) see a widespread IT (information technology) implementation of the precomposed forms suggested for the Yoruba language, the UTC cannot support the addition of these 14 precomposed characters at this time. Moved by Glenn Adams, seconded by John H. Jenkins. Vote: 10 for, 0 against, 1 abstention Motion passed Motion #70-3 The UTC approves document [UTC #70 (1996-09-07) - 33] "Simple Unicode Text Compression" as a draft addition to the Unicode Standard for posting to the Net for public review. Moved by Misha Wolf, seconded by Murray Sargent. Vote: Unanimous vote Motion Passed Motion #70-4: With the understanding that the IRG will not request any more unified ideographs to be encoded in the BMP and recognizing the additional justification data provided by the IRG, the UTC prefers that the CJK Unified Ideograph Extension A Version 1.1 be encoded in the BMP starting at code position 0x3400. Moved by Glenn Adams, seconded by John H. Jenkins. Vote: Unanimous vote Motion passed. Motion #70-5: Additional Pinyin characters submitted to the UTC should be rejected by the UTC. Moved by Rick McGowan, seconded by John H. Jenkins. Vote: 3 for, 7 against, 2 abstention Motion failed. Motion #70-6: Move to accept shapes, names, and positions of Pinyin characters as specified by WG2 resolution 13.2. Moved by Glenn Adams, seconded by Dr. V.S. Umawarahasen. Vote: 6 for, 3 against, 2 abstention Motion passed. Motion #70-7: Accept Cyrillic characters as specified by WG2 resolution M13.3. Moved by Glenn Adams, seconded by Lloyd Honomichl. Vote: 9 for 2 against, 1 abstention Motion passed Motion #70-8: Document [UTC #70 (1996-09-07) - 31] "Unicode Database Fixes" approved by the UTC to help reconcile clauses in the book and CD-ROM. These changes are to be posted to the website to help with distribution. Moved by Dr. V.S. Umawarahasen, seconded by Mike McKenna. Vote: 10 for, 0 against, 2 abstention Motion passed. Motion #70-9: The UTC accepts the addition of a new modifier letter at position U+02DF for a letter extender as used in Catalan, named "Modifier Letter Middle Dot". Moved by John H. Jenkins, seconded by Dr. V.S. Umawarahasen Vote: 9 for 2 against, 1 abstention Motion passed. ---------------------------- Forwarded Copies --------------------------------- FORWARDED ON 12/01/97 15:47 FROM BR.JMA "Joan Aliprand": Re: Middle Dot (was: Collation--the final solution) The record of the approval of the Middle dot for Catalan. Motion #70-9: The UTC accepts the addition of a new modifier letter at position U+02DF for a letter extender as used in Catalan, named "Modifier Letter Middle Dot". Moved by John H. Jenkins, seconded by Dr. V.S. Umawarahasen Vote: 9 for, 2 against, 1 abstention Motion passed. The motions and action items from UTC #70 are appended. -- Joan To: BOOK@UNICODE.ORG