L2/20-015R

Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
Mountain View, CA — January 13-16, 2020
Hosted by Google
UTC #162 Agenda
Revision date: May 14, 2020

Monday, January 13, 2020

Hosted by Google, Mountain View

Meeting opened at 10:34 am.

10 Full members, 4 Institutional, 2 Supporting.

Full Members in regular attendance: 7
Institutional Members in regular attendance: 2
Supporting Members in regular attendance: 1
Quorum: 5.5

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

Introductions.

Craig Cummings opened the L2 meeting.

A.5.2.1 Review of open action items [L2/SD2]
A.5.2.2 Recently closed action items [L2/20-016]

Oral review.

A.6 Calendar review

Added date: UTC #169 July 27-30, 2021, host Microsoft, Redmond.

A.5.1.1 Approve UTC meeting 161 minutes [L2/19-323]

[162-C1] Consensus: Minutes of UTC #161 approved, as amended in discussion.

Short break.

B.10 Public Review Issues
B.10.1 Issue 395: Proposed Update UAX #15, Unicode Normalization Forms
B.10.1.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.10.2 Issue 396: Proposed Update UAX#29, Unicode Text Segmentation
B.10.2.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.2.2 Document for review [Davis, Chapman, L2/20-024]

[162-A1] Action Item for Chris Chapman: Update "Bengali" to "Bangla" in the text following Table 1a of UAX #29.

[162-A2] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Provide a document on potential addition of more modifier letters to "ALetter" in Table 3 of UAX #29.

[162-A3] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Chris Chapman: Look at the review notes in UAX #29 revision 36 for potential update in the future. For Unicode 14.0.

[162-A4] Action Item for Mark Davis, Markus Scherer: Sync Wordbreak data file in the UCD to UAX #29 Table 3 update of revision 36. For Unicode 13.0.

B.10.3 Issue 398: Proposed Update UAX#44, Unicode Character Database
B.10.3.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.3.2 Document for review [Whistler, Iancu, L2/20-029]

Lunch and emoji ad-hoc 12:30 - 13:45.

B.10.8 Issue 403: Proposed Update UAX #41, Common References for Unicode Standard Annexes
B.10.8.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.8.2 Document for review [Iancu, McGowan, L2/20-027]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Role Call Adjustment: Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia now present.

8.5 members represented.

E.1.1 Subcommittee report 2020Q1 [ESC/Davis, Lunde, L2/19-398]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.1.6 Additional RGI emoji sequences for Ninja Emoji for Unicode 13.0 [ESC/Daniel, L2/19-395]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.1.1 Subcommittee report 2020Q1 [ESC/Davis, Lunde, L2/19-398]

[162-C2] Consensus: Accept the six provisional emoji candidates as documented in L2/19-398, for Unicode 14.0. (They are LOTUS, ORCHID, FACE WITH PEEKING EYE, CRUTCH, MENDING HEART, SALUTING FACE.)

[162-A5] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update the charts and data files to include six provisional emoji candidates as documented in L2/19-398, for Unicode 14.0.

E.1.3.1 Recommendations for Emoji ZWJ sequences for multi-skintoned handshake for Unicode 14.0 [Daniel, L2/19-370]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break.

On Phone: Richard Cook, John Jenkins.

B.10.4 Issue 399: Proposed Update UAX #45, U-Source Ideographs
B.10.4.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.4.2 Document for review [Jenkins, et al, L2/20-030]

[162-A6] Action Item for Rick McGowan, Laurențiu Iancu: Add an entry into UAX #41 for "RSChart45".

B.10.5 Issue 400: Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
B.10.5.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.5.1.2 Proposed Changes to kMandarin Field [Jenkins,L2/20-036]
B.10.5.2 Document for review [Jenkins, et al, L2/20-026]

[162-C3] Consensus: Add secondary kRSUnicode values for 10 characters documented in Ken Lunde's feedback in PRI #400 [Wed Dec 4 07:39:18 CST 2019], for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A7] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Add secondary kRSUnicode values for 10 characters documented in Ken Lunde's feedback in PRI #400 [Wed Dec 4 07:39:18 CST 2019], for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A8] Action Item for John Jenkins: Regenerate the radical/stroke charts for Unicode version 13.0.

B.10.7 Issue 402: Proposed Update UAX #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout
B.10.7.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.7.2 Document for review [Lunde, L2/20-031]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.10.15 Issue 410: Proposed Update UAX #11, East Asian Width
B.10.15.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.15.2 Document for review [Lunde, L2/20-021]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.10.5.1.2 Proposed Changes to kMandarin Field [Jenkins,L2/20-036]

[162-C4] Consensus: Update kMandarin for U+8B9D to value "zhán"; and U+30EDD and U+30EDE to value "biáng", for Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/20-036.

[162-A9] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update kMandarin for U+8B9D to value "zhán"; and U+30EDD and U+30EDE to value "biáng", for Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/20-036.

B.4.6 Proposal for new provisional Unihan Database property: kStrange [Lunde, L2/19-394]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.3.1 Liaison report [Stiller, L2/19-404]
B.3.2 IRG Meeting #53 Recommendations and Action Items [IRG, L2/19-373]

Discussion.

B.4.4 Issues in "IICore Radical-Stroke Chart" (IICoreRSIndex.pdf) [Mariani, L2/19-387]

[162-A10] Action Item for John Jenkins, Ken Lunde: Check all the radical/stroke charts for duplicates, and report to UTC. See document L2/19-387.

B.4.5 New Unihan Database property: kUnihanCore2020 [Lunde, L2/19-388]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.4.2 Unihan: Publish single-property files [Scherer, L2/19-385]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:36.

Tuesday, January 14 2020

Meeting opened at 9:30.

8.5 members represented: Adobe, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Google, UCB, Netflix, Emojipedia.

On Phone: Mark Davis.

B.10.10 Issue 405: Proposed Update UTS #51, Unicode Emoji
B.10.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.10.2 Document for review [Davis, Edberg, L2/20-035]

[162-A11] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Matthew W. Morgan [Wed Nov 27 10:56:50 CST 2019] in PRI #405, as per document L2/20-050.

[162-A12] Action Item for Peter Edberg: Make all of the editorial fixes in document L2/20-050, based on feedback [Fri Jan 3 07:33:53 CST 2020] from Charlotte Buff and Jamie Stroud [Fri Nov 29 10:37:52 CST 2019], in feedback on PRI #405.

[162-A13] Action Item for Mark Davis: Make data/tooling fixes documented in L2/20-050, based on Charlotte Buff's feedback [Fri Jan 3 07:33:53 CST 2020] in PRI #405.

[162-A14] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Make the recommended changes in the Review Notes section of L2/20-050, in UTS #51 for Unicode version 13.0.

Long discussion.

[162-A15] Action Item for Peter Edberg: Make the recommended changes in the "editorial" section of L2/20-050, in UTS #51 for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-C5] Consensus: Approve the publication of UTS #51 for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A16] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #405.

[162-A17] Action Item for Peter Edberg, Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Prepare UTS #51 for publication with Unicode version 13.0.

E.1.6 Additional RGI emoji sequences for Ninja Emoji for Unicode 13.0 [ESC/Daniel, L2/19-395]

[162-A18] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Give U+1F977 the property Emoji_Modifier_Base = yes, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A19] Action Item for Mark Davis: Regenerate other emoji data files and charts, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A20] Action Item for Mark Davis: Remove entry "person feeding baby" from CLDR change header in the Draft Candidates chart. Remove it from "gender_base" in the data as well. Update the images as well.

[162-C6] Consensus: Approve the emoji data under directory Public/emoji/13.0 for release with Unicode version 13.0, with corrections noted in the prior actions.

B.10.9 Issue 404: Proposed Update UTS #18, Unicode Regular Expressions
B.10.9.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.9.1.2 Feedback on Proposed Update UTS #18 [Scherer, L2/19-364R]
B.10.9.2 Document for review [Davis, L2/20-032]

[162-A21] Action Item for Mark Davis: Make appropriate changes to UTS #18 based on document L2/20-051, after incorporating feedback received during the meeting.

[162-A22] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to reviewers based on feedback disposition and comments in L2/20-051.

[162-A23] Action Item for Mark Davis: Produce a working draft of UTS #18 for a subsequent version organized by topic.

Long discussion.

[162-A24] Action Item for Mark Davis, Markus Scherer: Update UTS #39 and UTS #51 data files to add meta-property information along the lines suggested in file RegexPropertyAliases.txt associated with PRI #404 and put into header comments in data files for UTS #39 and UTS #51, for Unicode version 13.0.

Lunch and ad-hocs, 12:35 - 14:00.

On phone: Samantha Sunne, Jennifer 8 Lee.

E.1.3.1 Recommendations for Emoji ZWJ sequences for multi-skintoned handshake for Unicode 14.0 [Daniel, L2/19-370R]

[162-C7] Consensus: Add 25 provisional emoji candidates for emoji 14.0, based on document L2/19-370R.

[162-A25] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg: Update the provisional candidate charts for Unicode version 14.0, based on document L2/19-370R.

E.1.3.2 Recommendations for Emoji ZWJ sequences for Unicode 14.0, Phase 1: multi-skintoned couples [ESC/Daniel, L2/19-377R]

[162-C8] Consensus: Accept 200 provisional emoji candidates for emoji 14.0 based on document L2/19-377R.

[162-A26] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg: Update and post provisional candidate charts based on document  L2/19-377R.

E.1.5 Recommendations for Multi-skintoned Emoji Sequences for Unicode 14.0 [ESC/Daniel, L2/19-392]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break.

B.4.1 Han Character Subset for Maximal Starting Repertoire - MSR-4 (MSR-4-Han) (~10MB) [Freytag, L2/19-369]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.4.3 Proposal to change the code chart font for 21 blocks in Unicode Version 14.0 [Lunde, L2/19-386]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.4.7 Request for reversion of the glyph for T2-6D4B at U+5DD5 [Chung, L2/20-020]

On Phone: Richard Cook.

[162-C9] Consensus: Correct the glyph for U+5DD5 to reflect the glyph originally used when encoded, for a future version of the standard. See document L2/20-020.

[162-A27] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Correct the glyph for U+5DD5 to reflect the glyph originally used when encoded, for a future version of the standard, after discussing at IRG.

C.9 Proposal to encode COMBINING DOT BELOW LEFT for Syriac [Yang, L2/20-019]

[162-C10] Consensus: Accept U+1DFA COMBINING DOT BELOW LEFT for encoding in a future version of the standard, as documented in L2/20-019.

[162-A28] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+1DFA COMBINING DOT BELOW LEFT. See document L2/20-019.

[162-A29] Action Item for Ben Yang: Provide a font to Michel Suignard for printing U+1DFA COMBINING DOT BELOW LEFT. See document L2/20-019.

[162-A30] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the names list per document L2/20-019.

[162-A31] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Update script extension property for U+1DF8, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A32] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Add a script extension value for U+1FDA, per document L2/20-019, for a future version of the standard.

[162-A33] Action Item for Ben Yang: Add a clarification to the core specification for U+1DF8 and U+1DFA.

Short break.

C.11.2 The Non-Joining U+0858 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard [Al-Sabti, L2/20-044]

[162-C11] Consensus: Change U+0858 from non-joining to right-joining for Unicode version 13.0, based on document L2/20-044.

[162-A34] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the joining category for U+0858 according to analysis in L2/20-046 (script ad-hoc report).

C.11.1 The Non-Joining U+0856 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard [Al-Sabti, L2/20-043]

[162-C12] Consensus: Change U+0856 from non-joining to right-joining for Unicode version 13.0, based on document L2/20-043.

[162-A35] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the joining category for U+0856 according to analysis in L2/20-046 (script ad-hoc report).

B.10.6 Issue 401: Proposed Update UAX #24, Unicode Script Property
B.10.6.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.6.2 Document for review [Whistler, L2/20-023]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.10.14 Issue 409: Proposed Update UTS #10, Unicode Collation Algorithm
B.10.14.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.14.2 Document for review [Scherer, L2/20-033]

[162-A36] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #409.

[162-A37] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Fix DUCET for Unicode version 13.0 per the suggestions by Liang Hai in feedback [Sun Oct 27 04:58:54 CDT 2019] in PRI #409.

B.10.19 Issue 414: Draft UTR #54, Unicode Mongolian 12.1 Baseline
B.10.19.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.19.2 Document for review [Whistler, L2/19-397]

[162-C13] Consensus: Approve Draft UTR #54 for publication as a Unicode Technical Report, with a change of name to "Unicode Mongolian 12.1 Snapshot".

[162-A38] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update nameslist for Unicode version 13.0 to reference new title for UTR #54.

[162-A39] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Publish UTR #54.

[162-A40] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Update the core spec in the relevant places for the existence of UTR #54.

[162-A41] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #414.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:00.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Meeting opened at 9:45.

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

B.10.11 Issue 406: Proposed Update UAX #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm
B.10.11.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]

[162-A42] Action Item for Peter Constable, Editorial Committee: Revise UAX #14 based on comments [Mon Oct 14 18:46:18 CDT 2019] on PRI #406, for Unicode 13.0.

[162-A43] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Script Ad-Hoc: Investigate linebreaking behavior in Javanese, Balinese, and Sundanese scripts based on feedback [Tue Nov 5 18:25:35 CST 2019] from Elika Etemad, and report back before Unicode version 14.0.

[162-A44] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Reply to feedback from Elika Etemad [Tue Nov 5 18:25:35 CST 2019] in PRI #406, regarding disposition.

[162-A45] Action Item for Steven Loomis, Editorial Committee: Provide texts for UAX #14 based on comments in PRI #406 [Wed Dec 4 15:18:53 CST 2019], for Unicode version 14.0.

[162-A46] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Karl Williamson [Wed Jan 1 23:06:51 CST 2020], thanking him for the feedback..

[162-C14] Consensus: Change the East Asian Width property from informative to normative for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A47] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the UAX #44 for change of East Asian Width property from informative to normative in Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A48] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Update UAX #11 for change of East Asian Width property from informative to normative in Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A49] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the header for EastAsianWidth.txt for the change of East Asian Width property from informative to normative in Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A50] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update tables 3-2 and 3-3 in the core specification for Unicode version 13.0 to reflect the change of East Asian Width property from informative to normative.

B.10.11.1.2 Proposal to make material changes to UAX #14 [Schneider, L2/20-005]

[162-A51] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review L2/20-005 for any potential updates to UAX #14 for Unicode version 14.0.

B.10.11.1.3 Proposal suggesting formal edits to UAX #14 [Schneider, L2/20-006]

[162-A52] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review L2/20-006 for any potential updates to UAX #14 for Unicode version 14.0.

[162-A53] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Marcel Schneider to say that UTC is investigating his comments in documents L2/20-005 and L2/20-006.

Short break.

B.10.12 Issue 407: Proposed Update UAX #31, Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax
B.10.12.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.12.2 Document for review [Davis, L2/20-025]

[162-A54] Action Item for Mark Davis: Review feedback [Sun Oct 27 11:32:37 CDT 2019] from David Corbett in PRI #407 for UAX #31 and recommend any updates based on that, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A55] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett re feedback [Sun Oct 27 11:32:37 CDT 2019] in PRI #407.

B.10.16 Issue 411: Proposed Update UTS #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms
B.10.16.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.16.2 Document for review [Davis, Suignard, L2/20-034]

[162-A56] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Investigate the appropriate identifier type and status of characters listed in feedback [Fri Nov 29 09:38:39 CST 2019] from David Corbett on PRI #411 and provide that information to Mark Davis.

[162-A57] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Clarify in Table 1 of UTS #39 what the term "explicit script" means, for Unicode version 14.0. Also identify the tables in UAX #31 that are referenced.

[162-A58] Action Item for Rick: Close PRI #411.

B.10.17 Issue 412: Unicode 13.0.0 Beta
B.10.17.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.17.2 Document for review [Whistler]

[162-A59] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Follow up with Anshu regarding comments on Gunjala Gondi from David Corbett [Wed Oct 23 08:23:55 CDT 2019] in PRI #412.

[162-C15] Consensus: Remove Georgian from the Script_Extensions for U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP, and change the script property of U+0589 to "Armenian", for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A60] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Change the file ScriptExtensions.txt to remove Georgian from U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A61] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Change the Script property of U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP to "Armenian", for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A62] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to all feedback from David Corbett on PRI #412 with dispositions.

[162-A63] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Remove the range U+1FB00..U+1FBFF from Extended_Pictographic for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A64] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Liang Hai: Review David Corbett's feedback of [Sun Dec 8 12:36:41 CST 2019] on PRI #412, in the script ad-hoc.

[162-A65] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to feedback from Kai Wang [Wed Dec 18 14:49:11 CST 2019] in PRI #412.

[162-A66] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to all feedback from Charlotte Buff on PRI #412 with dispositions.

[162-A67] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Change the Linebreak property of the characters in the Legacy Computing block to "AL" (alphabetic), for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A68] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Investigate whether further Linebreak property updates need to be made in the Legacy Computing block, for Unicode version 13.0.

B.10.17.1.2 Proposal to extend support for abbreviations [Schneider, L2/20-007]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Lunch and ad-hocs 12:30 - 13:45.

Jeremy Burge, Emojipedia now present.

Roll Call Adjustment. 8.5 members now represented.

B.10.17 Issue 412: Unicode 13.0.0 Beta
B.10.17.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]

[162-C16] Consensus: Change the Linebreak property of Khitan Small Script characters to AL for Unicode version 13.0.

B.10.17.1.3 Proposal to synchronize the core specification [Schneider, L2/20-008]

[162-A69] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review L2/20-008 for possible updates to the core specification and forward any suggestions to the Editorial Committee.

B.10.17.1.4 Proposal to adapt TUS to extended support for abbreviations [Schneider, L2/20-009]

UTC declines to take action on this document.

B.10.17.1.5 Proposal to make focused changes to the code charts text [Schneider, L2/20-010]

[162-A70] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Review L2/20-010 for possible updates to the nameslist.

B.10.17.1.6 Proposal to synchronize two glyphs in the core specification [Schneider, L2/20-011]

[162-A71] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Review L2/20-011 and update the core specification as appropriate.

B.10.17.1.7 Proposal to synchronize seven glyphs in the code charts [Schneider, L2/20-012]

[162-A72] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Update the glyph for U+1BAB for Unicode version 13.0.

B.10.20.2 Proposal to ensure maximum visibility of changes to UAXes [Schneider, L2/20-013]

[162-A73] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Send document L2/20-013 to the Unicode officers.

B.10.18 Issue 413: Proposed Update UAX #42, Unicode Character Database
B.10.18.1.1 General feedback [L2/20-017]
B.10.18.2 Document for review [Muller, L2/20-028]

[162-C17] Consensus: Approve the publication of the UAXes and UTS #10, UTS #39, UTS #46, and UTS #51 for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A74] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Prepare all of the UAX documents for publication with Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A75] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Publish the Unicode version 13.0 UAXes and UTSes.

[162-A76] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close the PRIs for the Unicode version 13.0 UAXes.

B.13.3 Data file format issues [Davis, L2/19-374]

[162-A77] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Add B.13.3 document L2/19-374 to the April 2020 UTC meeting agenda.

C.11.3 Mandaic KAD [Al-Sabti, L2/20-049]

Discussion.

Emojipedia no longer present.

Roll Call Adjustment: 8 members represented.

Short break.

[162-C18] Consensus: Make U+0857 MANDAIC KAD right-joining in Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A78] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Editorial Committee: Add explanatory text to the core specification about the two ways of representing "kad" in Mandaic, for Unicode version 13.0, and mention that 3 characters changed joining type in version 13.0.

[162-A79] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update ArabicShaping.txt to make U+0857 right-joining, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A80] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Provide the confusable information on Mandaic to Mark Davis.

B.5 IETF/ICANN 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, L2/20-045]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

B.7.2 Indigenous language report [Cummings]

Oral report by Craig Cummings.

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 Peter Edberg.

B.2.2.3.1 TC37/SC2 Liaison report [Constable]

Oral report by Peter Constable.

B.2.2.1.1 10646 Liaison report

Discussion.

Short break.

B.15.1 MathML

Oral report by Murray Sargent.

C.5.3 Proposal to encode yet another two Arabic honorifics [Pournader, et al, L2/20-042]

[162-C19] Consensus: Accept U+FD4E ARABIC LIGATURE TABAARAKA WA-TAAALAA and U+FD4F ARABIC LIGATURE RAHIMAHUM ALLAAH for encoding in a future version of the standard, with glyphs and properties as documented in L2/20-042.

[162-A81] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+FD4E ARABIC LIGATURE TABAARAKA WA-TAAALAA and U+FD4F ARABIC LIGATURE RAHIMAHUM ALLAAH.

C.1 WG2-related C.1.2 Overall process with WG2

[162-A82] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Add an agenda topic for the April 2020 UTC to discuss our process with WG2.

C.6.1 Proposal to encode missing Japanese kana [Gross, L2/19-381]

[162-C20] Consensus: Accept 4 characters U+1B11F HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU, U+1B120 KATAKANA LETTER ARCHAIC YI, U+1B121 KATAKANA LETTER ARCHAIC YE, and U+1B122 KATAKANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU for encoding in a future version of the standard with properties as given in document L2/19-381.

[162-A83] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include 4 new kana letters. See L2/19-381 and L2/20-046.

Note: The following consensus is a separate issue from the above, to update items already in the pipeline.

[162-C21] Consensus: Change the codepoint for HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KO from U+1B127 to U+1B132, and KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KO from U+1B12B to U+1B155.

[162-A84] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline for change of codepoints, HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KO from U+1B127 to U+1B132, and KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KO from U+1B12B to U+1B155.

C.6.2 Proposal to encode a kana character for transcription of late middle Japanese [Zapryagaev, L2/19-382]

[162-A85] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Relay UTC feedback to the author.

C.7 Additional Tangut glyph corrections (WG2 N5126) [West, Zaytsev, L2/19-403]

[162-A86] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Relay to the authors of L2/19-403 that the UTC has determined this is a good direction, and invites the authors to provide updated data file and a new font that reflects these changes. The committee expects there will be upcoming review by experts in China.

D.2 Proposal to Encode Telugu Sign Nukta [Rajan, et al, L2/19-401]
D.2.1 Additional evidence for the use of Nukta sign in Telugu [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/19-405]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:28.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

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

B.13.2 Proposal for changing the composition-exclusions of Bangla characters (Bengali) [Rashid, L2/20-002]

Long discussion.

Roll Call Adjustment: Netflix now represented.

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

B.13.1 Names for composition exclusion sequences [Freytag, et al, L2/19-372]

Discussion.

Short break. L2 meeting re-convened until 11:00.

B.13.1.1 Proposed sequences for composition exclusions [Pournader, L2/20-055]

[162-C22] Consensus: Accept 19 provisional named sequences as documented in L2/20-055, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A87] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Add 19 provisional named sequences to NamedSequencesProv.txt for Unicode version 13.0, as documented in L2/20-055.

[162-A88] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Add a notice to the nameslist documenting the exceptional cases of composition exclusion for the four Indic languages that have them, for Unicode version 13.0.

B.13.4 Changes to Identifier_Type of some Unicode 13.0 characters [Pournader, L2/20-052]

[162-C23] Consensus: Change the Identifier_Type for 7 characters to the values given in document L2/20-052, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A89] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update the Identifier_Type for 7 characters based on document L2/20-052, for Unicode version 13.0.

[162-A90] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Add B.10.16.1 Proposal to merge three Identifier_Types in UTS #39, document L2/20-054, to the April 2020 UTC meeting agenda.

D.4 Alternative encodings for Malayalam “nta” [Liang, L2/19-345R2]

[162-A91] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Update the text of the Malayalam section of the core specification, based on document L2/19-345R2 and discussion in UTC, for Unicode 14.0.

Short break.

B.12.4 Chapter 2: Remove comparison of the advantages of UTFs [Scherer, L2/19-376]

[162-A92] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update chapter two of the core specification based on document L2/19-376, for Unicode version 13.0.

D.3 Proposal to Encode 6 Characters in the Brahmi Block [Rajan, Sharma, L2/19-402]

[162-C24] Consensus: Accept 5 Brahmi characters at U+11071..U+11075 with no decompositions to support the Old Tamil orthography, for encoding in a future version of the standard. See document L2/19-402.

	U+11071 BRAHMI LETTER OLD TAMIL SHORT E
	U+11072 BRAHMI LETTER OLD TAMIL SHORT O
	U+11073 BRAHMI VOWEL SIGN OLD TAMIL SHORT E
	U+11074 BRAHMI VOWEL SIGN OLD TAMIL SHORT O
	U+11075 BRAHMI LETTER OLD TAMIL LLA

[162-A93] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include 5 Brahmi characters at U+11071..U+11075. See L2/19-402.

C.5.1 Comments about “Arabic additions for Quranic orthographies” proposition [Lazrek, L2/19-393]

Lunch and UTS #18 ad-hoc, 12:30 - 13:50.

B.14.4.1 UTS #18 ad hoc report [Scherer, L2/20-056]

[162-A94] Action Item for Mark Davis, Markus Scherer, Editorial Committee: Update UTS #18 based on document L2/20-056.

[162-A95] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Extend PRI #404 to April 20, 2020.

B.14.3.1 UTC 161 Mongolian Ad Hoc report
B.14.3.2 Proposal to Add Mongolian Free Variation Selector Four [Liang, L2/20-057]

Oral report by Liang Hai, et al.

[162-C25] Consensus: Accept U+180F MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR FOUR as documented in L2/20-057, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[162-A96] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+180F MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR FOUR.

B.12.3 Approve release of Unicode 13.0 [Whistler]

[162-C26] Consensus: Approve the release of Unicode 13.0.

[162-A97] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Make it so, release version 13.0.

[162-A98] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #412.

[162-A99] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Forward agenda items E.1.4, E.1.7, to the agenda for April 2020 UTC meeting.

E.2 Unicode request: Dania (Danish dialectological) symbols [Peters, L2/20-040]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.10 Paleohispanic scripts
C.10.1 Proposal to encode the Northern Palaeohispanic script [Ferrer i Jané, et al, L2/20-047]
C.10.2 Proposal to encode the Southern Palaeohispanic script [Ferrer i Jané, et al, L2/20-048]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.12 Western Cham
C.12.1 Proposal to encode Western Cham [Hosken, L2/19-217R3]
C.12.1.1 Response to proposal to encode Western Cham in the UCS [Pérez Pereiro, et al, L2/20-018]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.14.1.1 UTC 162 Old Uyghur ad hoc report

Oral report by Roozbeh Pournader, Liang Hai.

C.4.2 Unicode request for extIPA support [Miller, Ball, L2/20-039]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.4.1 Unicode request for VoQS support [Miller, Ball, L2/20-038]

[162-A100] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update the nameslist for U+AFF8, and U+029C with annotations and cross references, for Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/20-038.

Thanks to the host.

Meeting adjourned for the week at 15:22.

UTC Attendance

Members Represented

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

• Total full members in regular attendance: 7
• Total institutional members in regular attendance: 2
• Total supporting members in regular attendance: 1

Quorum: 5.5