Recommendations of the UTC #78 /L2 #175 joint meeting
Consent Docket on WG2 Resolutions
[#78-M1] Motion: To accept the consent docket L2/98-389 as amended
Unanimous
Motion approved.
Notes:
1. See also Motions #M78-14, #M78-15, #M78-16.
2. L2/98-389R, a revision incorporating amendments was distributed
on Wednesday. Amendments were:
Deletion of Resolution M35.2 (no differences in
Sinhala as accepted by UTC);
Insertion of “except the SOFT SPACE”
in UTC action re Resolution M35.12 (ZWSP serves same function as SOFT SPACE);
Deletion of Resolution M35.17 (UTC seeks
explanation of CJK Radical Supplement); and
Editorial changes (correction of typographical
errors in note to Resolution M35.6, and addition of L2 equivalent of WG2 documents)
Newline Guidelines
[#78-M2] Motion: To progress the proposed draft UTR #13, Unicode Newline Guidelines, to
draft status after all amendments have been incorporated.
13 for; 0 against; 1 abstention (SAP)
Motion approved.
UCS-4 as Compliant Form of Unicode
[#78-M3] Motion: The UTC allows UCS-4 implementations that restrict themselves to
characters less than 10FFFF to be compliant in Version 3.0.
4 for; 6 against, 4 abstentions (Xerox, RLG, NCR, SAP)
Motion failed.
Changes to UnicodeData
[#78-M4] Motion: To accept the changes to the Unicode character database specified in
document L2/98-390.
12 for; 0 against; 2 abstentions
Motion approved.
Special Casing
[#78-M5] Motion: To adopt special casing specified in document L2/98-398, Special
Casing Properties, except for the iota subscript.
Unanimous
Motion approved.
Iota Subscript
[#78-M6] Motion: To fix the iota subscript as in document L2/98-412, option 3b, but to
revisit this non-prejudicial decision at the UTC/L2 joint meeting in February.
Unanimous
Motion approved.
East Asian Width
[#78-M7] Motion: To make Draft UTR #11, East Asian Character Width, into a Unicode
Technical Report after incorporating editorial changes received at the meeting and
these changes:
1. Drop X-unassigned list and include a prefatory note about characters that are
unassigned;
2. Add the Euro to the ambiguous category.
11 for; 1 against; 2 abstentions (Justsystem, Sun)
Motion approved.
Philippine Scripts
[#78-M8] Motion: To accept document L2/98-397, Revised proposal for encoding Philippine
scripts, for addition to the Unicode Standard after Version 3.0.
Unanimous
Motion approved.
German Penny
[#78-M9] Motion: To accept document L2/98-309, Proposal for “Script D Symbol with
Tail,” but encode the character in the Currency block.
8 for; 0 against; 3 abstentions (SAP, NCR, IBM)
Motion approved.
[#78-M10] Motion: To suggest 20B0 as the code value for the character accepted in
Motion #78-M9.
13 for; 0 against; 1 abstention (Xerox)
Motion approved.
Hex Byte Pictures
[#78-M11].The UTC states that encoding hex byte pictures (as proposed in document
L2/98-355) is permanently out of scope.
13 for; 0 against; 1 abstention (Sun)
Motion approved.
Additional Control Pictures
[#78-M12] Motion: That the characters proposed in document L2/98-353, Additional
control pictures for Unicode, not be encoded.
13 for; 1 against; 0 abstentions
Motion approved.
[#78-M13].Motion: Motion #78-M12 is not to be construed as ever preventing the UTC
from accepting a picture of a bell for encoding.
11 for; 1 against; 2 abstentions
Motion approved.
Annotation Characters
[#78-M14]. Motion: That the UTC recommend withdrawal of the interlinear annotation
characters from the PDAM for Amd. 30 pending further study.
11 for; 2 against; 1 abstention (SAP)
Motion approved.
[#78-M15]. Motion: The UTC revokes acceptance of the interlinear annotation
characters (part of Resolution M35.12) in the consent docket, L2/98-389.
10 for; 2 against; 1 abstention (SAP)
Motion approved (by 2/3 majority, since this amends Motion #78-M1).
[#78-M16]. Motion: The UTC instructs the Unicode representative to NCITS/L2 to vote
yes on the PDAM for Amd. 30, and support the US comments that are consistent with UTC
motions on this PDAM.
7 for; 2 against; 3 abstentions (SAP, Microsoft, Justsystem); NCR, Oracle absent
Motion approved.