Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 184
Redmond, Washington, United States — July 22-24, 2025
Hosted by Microsoft in Redmond and virtually
UTC #184 Agenda
Revision date: August 7, 2025
Logistics: https://www.unicode.org/timesens/logistics-utc184.html
Total full members in good standing = 9 (Adobe, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Translated)
Total supporting members in good standing = 6 (Bloomberg, MeiTY, Netflix, Tamil Nadu, UCB)
Voting members in regular attendance = 4.5: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Quorum for UTC #184 is 2.25.
Meeting opened at 10:35 UTC−7 (19:35 UTC+2) .
4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Associate members present: SIL.
Peter Constable presented the agenda.
Discussion of the organization of working group reports by PRI (as in the CJK report) vs. by action (as in the report of the script encoding working group). Peter Constable prefers a grouping by PRI.
Markus Scherer noted that the organization of the report by topic tends to lead to a natural grouping by PRI.
Discussion of the longer sections of the PAG report.
Discussion of document L2/25-178 “Changes to Unikemet properties between 17.0β and 17.0”, added to the agenda, and of the working group that should provide such recommendations to the UTC going forward.
[184-C1] Consensus: Approve minutes of UTC meeting #183, correcting note 1 to mark UTR #56 as under the responsibility of the Script Encoding Working Group.
[184-A1] Action Item for Robin Leroy, UTC: Post approved minutes of UTC #183.
Discussion of the handling of roadmap action items.
[184-N1] Note: The UTC notes with great sadness the tragic loss of Andrew West, who passed away peacefully on July 10, 2025. UTC acknowledges Andrew’s many valuable contributions over 20+ years to the encoding of East Asian scripts. The UTC extends its deepest condolences to Andrew’s family, friends, and his many colleagues around the world.
Peter Constable presented document L2/25-189.
[184-C2] Consensus: Of characters approved for encoding in Unicode 17.0 (ref. 181-C60, 181-C61), the following 43 characters are removed from Unicode 17.0 and are targeted instead for Unicode 18.0:
[184-A2] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the pipeline to reflect 43 characters postponed from Unicode 17.0 to Unicode 18.0 [ref. consensus 184-C2].
[184-A3] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Prepare an updated NamesList.txt for Unicode Version 17.0, removing 43 characters postponed to Unicode 18.0 [ref. consensus 184-C2].
[184-A4] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Update data files for Unicode Version 17.0, UTS #10, UTS #39 and UTS #46, removing 43 characters postponed to Unicode 18.0 [ref. consensus 184-C2].
[184-A5] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Update charts for Unicode Version 17.0, removing Chisoi script and other characters postponed to Unicode 18.0 [ref. consensus 184-C2].
[184-A6] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update the core spec for Unicode Version 17.0 as appropriate to remove references to Chisoi script and other characters postponed to Unicode 18.0 [ref. consensus 184-C2].
Break 11:36–11:44 UTC−7 (20:36–20:44 UTC+2) .
Liang Hai presented document L2/25-184.
Peter Constable mentioned the polysemy of the term “Unicode Technical Report” and the question of technical reports maintained by Technical Committees other than UTC. Ken Whistler suggested that the term “Unicode Technical Publication” could be used to encompass UAXes, UTSes, and UTRs.
Ken Whistler noted that moving a UAX to the new framework may be a day’s work.
[184-A7] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, EDC: Investigate PRI #526 feedback ID20250609092422 and update the text as needed. [Reference: Section E1 of L2/25-184].
Peter Constable noted that no feedback was received on this Public Review Issue.
Liang Hai presented document L2/25-188.
Asmus Freytag noted up to Unicode 2.0, the code space was cut up in chunks of 128 characters for chart production, each with its font. In Unicode 3.0 Asmus Freytag took over as chart editor using Unibook, which involved changes of fonts.
[184-C3] Consensus: Correct the representative glyph of U+FB30 as described in Section 2 of document L2/25-188, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A8] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Post the glyph erratum notice proposed in Section 2 of document L2/25-188, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A9] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Correct the representative glyph of U+FB30 so the dot is above the baseline, based on Section 2 of document L2/25-188, for Unicode Version 17.0.
Long discussion of fonts for Unicode Version 18.0.
Lunch break 12:47–13:52 UTC−7 (21:47–22:52 UTC+2) .
Deborah Anderson presented document L2/25-173.
Peter Constable noted that ISO/IEC 10646:2020 Amd 2 has been published, and that it is available in the ISO catalog for the price of 0 CHF.
Peter Constable asked Michel Suignard about the timetable for the next Committee Draft for ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition, and Michel indicated that the commenting period would likely close after the UTC #185 meeting.
Peter Constable noted that ISO/IEC 14651 had been approved as a freely available standard, and would therefore be available at no cost like ISO/IEC 10646.
Discussion of currency symbols.
Ken Whistler pointed out that the characters that many call “currency symbols” are merely text symbols that might be used in certain contexts; they generally do not have “CURRENCY” in their names, only “SIGN”, frequently lie outside the Currency Symbols block.
Short oral report from Peter Constable.
Short oral report from Jan Kučera.
Short oral report from Deborah Anderson.
Markus Scherer presented document L2/25-149.
Short oral report from Jan Kučera on the progress of transliteration standards.
Jan Kučera presented document L2/25-187.
[184-C4] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+18D20 TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D20 in the Tangut Supplement block based on L2/25-165. [Ref. 1.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-A10] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+18D20 TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D20 based on L2/25-165. [Ref. 1.1 in L2/25-187]
Deborah Anderson noted that doubts about the identification of these characters as Jurchen Small script were voiced at WG 2.
[184-C5] Consensus: Provisionally assign 5 code points U+18CD6..U+18CDA in the Khitan Small Script block for characters used in Jurchen Small Script as described in L2/25-164. [Ref. 1.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-C6] Consensus: Update the representative glyph of U+18C3E KHITAN SMALL SCRIPT CHARACTER-18C3E as described in L2/25-152, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 1.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A11] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 5 provisionally assigned code points U+18CD6..U+18CDA for characters used in Jurchen Small Script as described in L2/25-164. [Ref. 1.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A12] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update the documentation of Khitan Small script in section 18.12 of the Core Specification as drafted in L2/25-164. [Ref. 1.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A13] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Prepare a font for U+18CD6..U+18CDA and U+18C3E (Jurchen Small Script). [Ref. 1.2 in L2/25-187]
Break 14:55–15:06 UTC−7 (23:55–00:06 UTC+2) .
[184-C7] Consensus: Change the algorithmic name of 914 code points U+18E00..U+19191 provisionally assigned by 180-C28 from JURCHEN IDEOGRAPH-XXXXX to JURCHEN CHARACTER-XXXXX as per recommendation M72.09 in WG 2 N5304. [Ref. 3.9 in L2/25-187]
[184-A14] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to reflect the renaming of Jurchen ideographs to Jurchen characters. [Ref. 3.9 in L2/25-187]
Ken Whistler noted the precedent of Nüshu, whose characters are called NUSHU CHARACTER-n, but have the Ideographic property.
[184-C8] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+10EC0 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS HALF YEH and U+10EC1 ARABIC LETTER HALF YEH in the Arabic Extended-C block as described in L2/25-148. [Ref. 1.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A15] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 provisionally assigned code points U+10EC0 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS HALF YEH and U+10EC1 ARABIC LETTER HALF YEH as described in L2/25-148. [Ref. 1.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A16] Action Item for Lorna Evans, SAH: Send a font for U+10EC0 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS HALF YEH and U+10EC1 ARABIC LETTER HALF YEH to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A17] Action Item for Josh Hadley, Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add confusable information for U+10EC0 and U+10EC1 based on the information in L2/25-148. [Ref. 1.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-C9] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+05C9 HEBREW POINT HEAVY DAGESH in the Hebrew block based on L2/25-175. [Ref. 1.4 in L2/25-187]
[184-A18] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+05C9 HEBREW POINT HEAVY DAGESH based on L2/25-175. [Ref. 1.4 in L2/25-187]
[184-A19] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+05C9 HEBREW POINT HEAVY DAGESH to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.4 in L2/25-187]
[184-C10] Consensus: Provisionally assign 3 code points U+1DF86 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN Q, U+1DF87 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X WITH STROKE, and U+1DF88 LATIN SMALL LETTER X WITH STROKE in the Latin Extended-G block as described in L2/25-147. [Ref. 1.5 in L2/25-187]
[184-A20] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 3 provisionally assigned code points U+1DF86 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN Q, U+1DF87 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X WITH STROKE, and U+1DF88 LATIN SMALL LETTER X WITH STROKE as described in L2/25-147. [Ref. 1.5 in L2/25-187]
[184-A21] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for open q and x with stroke to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.5 in L2/25-187]
[184-C11] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+1DF85 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I WITH RETROFLEX HOOK in the Latin Extended-G block based on L2/25-146. [Ref. 1.6 in L2/25-187]
[184-A22] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+1DF85 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I WITH RETROFLEX HOOK based on L2/25-146. [Ref. 1.6 in L2/25-187]
[184-A23] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1DF85 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I WITH RETROFLEX HOOK to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.6 in L2/25-187]
[184-C12] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+1DF89 LATIN SMALL LETTER WAVY Y in the Latin Extended-G block based on L2/25-145. [Ref. 1.7 in L2/25-187]
[184-A24] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+1DF89 LATIN SMALL LETTER WAVY Y based on L2/25-146. [Ref. 1.7 in L2/25-187]
[184-A25] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1DF89 LATIN SMALL LETTER WAVY Y to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.7 in L2/25-187]
[184-C13] Consensus: Provisionally assign four code points U+1DFC9 MODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD OVER UP ARROWHEAD, U+1DFCA MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT ARROWHEAD OVER UP ARROWHEAD, U+1DFCB MODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD OVER DOWN ARROWHEAD, and U+1DFCC MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT ARROWHEAD OVER DOWN ARROWHEAD in the Latin Extended-G block as described in L2/25-157. [Ref. 1.8 in L2/25-187]
[184-A26] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 4 provisionally assigned code points U+1DFC9..U+1DFCC for stacked arrowheads as described in L2/25-157. [Ref. 1.8 in L2/25-187]
[184-A27] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider adding annotation to stacked arrowheads U+1DFC9..U+1DFCC as described in L2/25-157. [Ref. 1.8 in L2/25-187]
[184-A28] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for stacked arrowheads to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.8 in L2/25-187]
Ken Whistler pointed out that the naming of existing arrowhead characters is inconsistent (LEFT vs. LEFTWARDS), but that the choice of LEFT is more consistent.
Roll-call adjustment: SIL (associate member) no longer present (4.5 voting members represented).
[184-C14] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+1DF8A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH RIGHT HOOK in the Latin Extended-G block based on L2/25-155. [Ref. 1.9 in L2/25-187]
[184-A29] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+1DF8A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH RIGHT HOOK based on L2/25-155. [Ref. 1.9 in L2/25-187]
[184-A30] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider adding cross references between U+025A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH HOOK and U+1DF8A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH RIGHT HOOK as described in L2/25-155. [Ref. 1.9 in L2/25-187]
[184-A31] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1DF8A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH RIGHT HOOK to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.9 in L2/25-187]
[184-C15] Consensus: Provisionally assign four code points U+1DFC5..U+1DFC8 to IPA tonetic stress marks (DOUBLE GRAVE ACCENT, MODIFIER LETTER MIDDLE ACUTE ACCENT, MODIFIER LETTER SOUTH EAST ARROW, and MODIFIER LETTER LOW NORTH EAST ARROW) in the Latin Extended-G block, as described in L2/25-156R. [Ref. 1.10 in L2/25-187]
[184-A32] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 4 provisionally assigned code points U+1DFC5..U+1DFC8 for IPA tonetic stress marks as described in L2/25-156R. [Ref. 1.10 in L2/25-187]
[184-A33] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1DFC5..U+1DFC8 (IPA tonetic stress marks) to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.10 in L2/25-187]
Roozbeh Pournader pointed out that the character is proposed in the BMP as it forms a case pair with a BMP character.
[184-C16] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+AB6E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH LEFT HOOK in the Latin Extended-E block based on L2/25-176. [Ref. 1.11 in L2/25-187]
[184-A34] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+AB6E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH LEFT HOOK based on L2/25-176. [Ref. 1.11 in L2/25-187]
[184-A35] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider adding annotations for U+AB6E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH LEFT HOOK as described in L2/25-176. [Ref. 1.11 in L2/25-187]
[184-A36] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+AB6E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH LEFT HOOK to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 1.11 in L2/25-187]
[184-C17] Consensus: UTC accepts U+20C3 UAE DIRHAM SIGN for encoding in the Currency Symbols block based on L2/25-159, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-A37] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one accepted character U+20C3 UAE DIRHAM SIGN based on L2/25-159, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-A38] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, EDC: Propose text for section 22.1.1 Currency Symbols: U+20A0-U+20CF of the Core Specification briefly describing the new UAE dirham based on L2/25-159, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-A39] Action Item for Peter Constable, SAH: Send a font for U+20C3 UAE DIRHAM SIGN to Michel Suignard, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-C18] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point for U+20C2 RUFIYAA SIGN in the Currency Symbols block as described in L2/25-122R. [Ref. 2.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A40] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+20C2 RUFIYAA SIGN in L2/25-122R. [Ref. 2.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A41] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+20C2 RUFIYAA SIGN to Michel Suignard. [Ref. 2.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A42] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, EDC: Propose text for section 22.1.1 Currency Symbols: U+20A0-U+20CF of the Core Specification briefly describing the Maldivian Rufiyaa sign based on L2/25-122R, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-C19] Consensus: Accept 16 code points U+1F7DB and U+1F7F1..U+1F7FF in the Geometric Shapes Extended block as described in WG 2 N5330, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-C20] Consensus: Accept the variation sequence 29B7 FE00 “with parallel lines touching the circle” for U+29B7 CIRCLED PARALLEL as described in WG 2 N5330, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A43] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 16 code points U+1F7DB and U+1F7F1..U+1F7FF for geometric shapes as described in WG 2 N5330. [Ref. 2.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A44] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Add the variation sequence for U+29B7 CIRCLED PARALLEL to StandardizedVariants.txt as described in WG 2 N5330, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A45] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+1F7DB and U+1F7F1..U+1F7FF and a variation of U+29B7 (17 geometric shapes) to Michel Suignard, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 2.3 in L2/25-187]
Break 16:17–16:28 UTC−7 (01:17–01:28 UTC+2) .
[184-C21] Consensus: Update the representative glyph of U+A93D REJANG LETTER RA as described in L2/25-177, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 3.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-A46] Action Item for Anushah Hossain, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+A93D REJANG LETTER RA as per L2/25-177 to Michel Suignard, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 3.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-A47] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, CHARTS: Create a glyph erratum for U+A93D REJANG LETTER RA for Unicode Version 17.0, based on L2/25-177. [Ref. 3.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-C22] Consensus: Update the representative glyphs of 18 Tangut ideographs and U+18AA4 TANGUT COMPONENT-677 as described in L2/25-143, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 3.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A48] Action Item for Michel Suignard, PAG: Update the Radical Stroke index of Tangut ideographs and components in TangutSources.txt as described in L2/25-143, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 3.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-C23] Consensus: Update the representative glyph of U+18355 TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18355 as described in Section 3.3 of L2/25-187, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A49] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Prepare a font for U+18355 TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18355, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 3.3 in L2/25-187]
Roozbeh Pournader asked whether the proposed glyph for U+1F74C should not be a new character instead of a glyph change. This item is remanded back to the Script Encoding Working Group for further consideration.
[184-C24] Consensus: Revise entries in the ScriptExtensions.txt file to add Newa, Shrd, Telu, Nand or Tirh for 17 characters as described in L2/25-154, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 3.5 in L2/25-187]
[184-A50] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Revise entries in ScriptExtensions.txt file to add Newa, Shrd, Telu, Nand or Tirh as described in L2/25-154, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 3.5 in L2/25-187]
[184-A51] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, SAH: Investigate PRI #526 feedback ID20250609020004 by Rizka F. Sh regarding glyph corrections for Arabic honorifics. [Ref. 3.6 in L2/25-187]
[184-C25] Consensus: Change the name of code point U+16D82 approved by 181-C61 from CHISOI LETTER AI to CHISOI LETTER AAI. [Ref. 3.7 in L2/25-187]
[184-A52] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to reflect the renaming of U+16D82 CHISOI LETTER AI to CHISOI LETTER AAI based on PRI #526 feedback ID20250602131545 by Biswajit Mandal. [Ref. 3.7 in L2/25-187]
[184-A53] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider feedback PRI #526 ID20250623024631 by Eduardo [Larry] Marín Silva as amended by ID20250623035955 regarding annotations to phonetic extension characters, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref. 3.8 in L2/25-187]
Jan Kučera presented the recommendations of the Script Encoding Working Group.
Ken Lunde presented Section 19 of L2/25-186.
Long discussion of the implications for implementations, allocation of CJK extensions, and complexity of the 18.0 release.
[184-A54] Action Item for V.S. Umamaheswaran, RMP: Update the Roadmap moving Seal Script from U+38000..U+3AC4F to U+3D000..U+3FC4F. [Ref. 4.1 in L2/25-187]
[184-A55] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, SAH: Add a comment to DoNotEmit.txt header explaining the situation with CJK compatibility characters. [Ref. 4.2 in L2/25-187]
[184-A56] Action Item for Lorna Evans, EDC: Revise the Core Specification noting the legacy and current recommendations regarding U+0320 COMBINING MINUS SIGN BELOW in Syriac, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 4.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A57] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, SAH: Update ScriptExtensions.txt to reflect the U+0331 COMBINING MACRON BELOW usage in Syriac, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. 4.3 in L2/25-187]
[184-A58] Action Item for Michel Suignard, SAH: Consider PRI #519 feedback ID20250519060933 and ID20250523160128 by Michel Mariani regarding Unikemet.txt. [Ref. 4.4 in L2/25-187]
Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:42 UTC−7 (02:42 UTC+2) .
Meeting opened at 09:35 UTC−7 (18:35 UTC+2) .
4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Microsoft offers to host UTC #188 in Redmond.
Long discussion of possible dates.
The UTC plans to hold its 188th meeting on July 28–30, 2026.
Peter Constable noted that no feedback had been received.
Jennifer Daniel presented document L2/25-185.
[184-C26] Consensus: U+1FADD APPLE CORE, approved for encoding in Unicode Version 17.0 (ref. Consensus 181-C5), is removed from Unicode Version 17.0 and is targeted instead for Unicode Version 18.0.
[184-A59] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the pipeline to reflect U+1FADD APPLE CORE postponed from Unicode Version 17.0 to Unicode Version 18.0 [ref. Consensus 184-C26].
[184-A60] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Prepare an updated NamesList.txt for Unicode Version 17.0, removing U+1FADD APPLE CORE [ref. Consensus 184-C26].
[184-A61] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Update data files for Unicode Version 17.0, UTS #10, UTS #39, and UTS #46, removing U+1FADD APPLE CORE [ref. Consensus 184-C26].
[184-A62] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Update charts for Unicode Version 17.0, removing U+1FADD APPLE CORE [ref. Consensus 184-C26].
[184-A63] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, ESC: Update emoji data files and emoji charts for Unicode Version 17.0, removing U+1FADD APPLE CORE [ref. Consensus 184-C26].
[184-A64] Action Item for Markus Scherer, CLDR: Update data files for CLDR 48, removing U+1FADD APPLE CORE [ref. Consensus 184-C26].
Fraser Gordon presented document L2/25-179.
Oral report from Markus Scherer.
Oral report from Markus Scherer.
Oral report from Asmus Freytag.
Roozbeh Pournader noted that some of the Unicode 17.0 data for confusables (in the sense of UTS #39) integrates work provided by Asmus Freytag based on ICANN variants.
Oral report from Robin Leroy.
Oral report from Markus Scherer.
Break 11:06–11:21 UTC−7 (20:06–20:21 UTC+2) .
[184-A65] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Propose informative changes for core spec 5.13.1 Canonical Equivalence Table 5-4. Permuting Combining Class Weights and associated text, taking into account feedback L2/25-163 ID20250509132809. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/25-183 item 1.1.
[184-C27] Consensus: Update the derivation of the Word_Break property to assign Word_Break=ALetter to U+00B8 ¸ CEDILLA. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.1.
[184-A66] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file WordBreakProperty.txt, assign Word_Break=ALetter to U+00B8 ¸ CEDILLA. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.1.
[184-A67] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #29, Unicode Text Segmentation, update the derivation to assign Word_Break=ALetter to U+00B8 ¸ CEDILLA. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.1.
[184-C28] Consensus: For property value Indic_Positional_Category=NA, add a long alias Not_Applicable. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.2.
[184-A68] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: For property value Indic_Positional_Category=NA, add a long alias Not_Applicable in both PropertyValueAliases.txt and IndicPositionalCategory.txt. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.2.
[184-C29] Consensus: Change the Line_Break assignment of U+2800 BRAILLE PATTERN BLANK from Alphabetic (AL) to Break_After (BA). For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.3.
[184-A69] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file LineBreak.txt, change the Line_Break assignment of U+2800 BRAILLE PATTERN BLANK from Alphabetic (AL) to Break_After (BA). For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.3.
[184-A70] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: For the note in SpecialCasing.txt about iota-subscript moving to the end, propose replacement text with a discussion of the issue and possible approaches in core spec 3.13.2 Default Case Conversion. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.4.
[184-A71] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Clarify the SpecialCasing.txt heading “Unconditional mappings”, saying that the mappings are not language-sensitive nor context-sensitive. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 2.4.
Participants are encouraged to take part in drafting of UCD data files for new proposals.
[184-N2] Note: PAG recommends a conservative approach for Line_Break values of existing characters, including symbols, especially ones that have been encoded for several years. Line_Break value changes should mostly be motivated by reports of actual problems in behavior of specific characters, rather than consistency arguments about broad sets of characters. See L2/25-183 item 4.1.
Markus Scherer presented this section of the document, for which no action was required.
Markus Scherer presented this section of the document, for which no action was required.
[184-C30] Consensus: Change the Identifier_Type of U+08C9 ARABIC SMALL FARSI YEH from Recommended to Technical, and of U+16FF0 and U+16FF1 VIETNAMESE ALTERNATE READING MARK CA and NHAY from Recommended to Obsolete. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.1.
[184-A72] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Change the Identifier_Type of U+08C9 ARABIC SMALL FARSI YEH from Recommended to Technical, and of U+16FF0 and U+16FF1 VIETNAMESE ALTERNATE READING MARK CA and NHAY from Recommended to Obsolete. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.1.
Discussion. Downstream standards depend on the existence of these tables, so even if we added a machine-readable data file, the tables should be kept.
[184-C31] Consensus: Add the seven scripts that were added in Unicode 16, namely Garay, Gurung Khema, Kirat Rai, Ol Onal, Sunuwar, Todhri, and Tulu-Tigalari, to UAX31 table 4 (excluded). For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.2.
[184-A73] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Add the seven scripts that were added in Unicode 16 to UAX31 table 4 (excluded). Also change “Characters may also be moved from one table to another” to refer to scripts instead. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.2.
[184-A74] Action Item for Markus Scherer, RMG: Add a Unicode release task for adding new scripts to appropriate UAX31 tables 4, 5, and 7.
Break 12:21–12:28 UTC−7 (21:21–21:28 UTC+2) .
[184-C32] Consensus: Correct the profile for UAX31-R3b associated with the Mathematical Compatibility Notation Profile defined in Section 7.1 of Unicode Standard Annex #31, based on feedback ID20250426211321 in L2/25-163, as in PU-UAX31 L2/25-195, for Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.3.
[184-C33] Consensus: Change the Identifier_Type values for Gunjala Gondi characters (sc=Gong) from Limited_Use to Excluded, to match the UAX31 classification of the script. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.4.
[184-A75] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Work with CLDR-TC to align the CLDR script metadata UAX31-derived “ID Usage” with a contemporary version of UAX31, especially for Gunjala Gondi. See L2/25-183 item 6.4.
[184-A76] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Derive the Identifier_Type values for Gunjala Gondi characters from the UAX31 classification of the script as specified. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.4.
Markus Scherer presented this section of the document, for which no action was required.
[184-A77] Action Item for Mark Davis, PAG: Change UTS39 to request all feedback via the standard UTC reporting forms. Remove non-standard mechanisms from the Feedback reference and from other relevant parts of the spec. Change the formerly linked pages to point to the standard mechanism. Change internal documentation to no longer refer to the special confusables suggestion mechanism. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 6.6.
[184-A78] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, PAG: In UTS #51 data file emoji-test.txt, correct the statement about the relationship between the RGI_Emoji_Qualification property and the RGI set. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/25-183 item 7.1.
[184-A79] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Update the two readmes at /Public/MAPPINGS/ to note that all of the MAPPINGS are obsolete, only for historical interest, and that the UTC will not add more data files there. See L2/25-183 item 8.1.
[184-A80] Action Item for Koji Ishii, PAG: Consider PRI #510 feedback ID20250614171421 and make appropriate changes to proposed draft UTR59. See L2/25-183 item 8.2.
Markus Scherer presented this section of the document, for which no action was required.
Peter Constable noted that no further feedback on these Public Review Issues had been received.
Robin Leroy noted that the Properties and Algorithms Group would consider feedback ID20250701185321 on PRI #523.
Mark Davis noted that he wished for UTS #58 to be approved at the last meeting of 2025, but not at the present meeting.
Lunch break 12:56–14:21 UTC−7 (21:56–23:21 UTC+2) .
The UTC thanked Craig Cummings for his fourteen years of service as vice-chair.
Short oral report from Rich Gillam on the person names project.
Jan Kučera presented sections 5.1–5.3 of document L2/25-187, for which no action was required.
Robin Leroy presented document L2/25-178.
Discussion. The word “degree” should be corrected to “degrees” passim. Ken Whistler requested that this correction be deferred to Unicode Version 18.0.
Michel Suignard noted that the references to Gardiner numbers in kEH_Desc values are being changed to Unikemet numbers, which often resulted in adding leading 0s.
Michel Suignard also noted that the function (kEH_Func) and function value (kEH_FVal) properties should be merged.
Michel Suignard noted that document L2/25-172 is controversial, and that discussions are ongoing to resolve the issue.
[184-C34] Consensus: Approve the changes to kEH_Desc and kEH_JSesh, listed in document L2/25-178, for Unicode Version 17.0.
Jan Kučera presented sections 5.4–5.13 of document L2/25-187, for which no action was required.
Discussion of responses to feedback submitters. Multiple working group chairs noted that they consider that their working group report constitutes the response.
In discussion of MODIFIER HIGH AND LOW VERTICAL LINE, Robin Leroy noted that the entire Supplemental Punctuation block has the Pattern_Syntax property, and that U+2E2F VERTICAL TILDE was mistakenly encoded in that block and thus improperly has the Pattern_Syntax property.
In discussion of Sirmauri, Markus Scherer noted that the Properties and Algorithms group should be consulted on questions of normalization in the encoded model.
Break 15:32–15:39 UTC−7 (00:32–00:39 UTC+2) .
Ken Lunde presented document L2/25-186.
[184-A81] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the proposed kMandarin property value change for U+368C, then report back to the UTC. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250408080610] and Section 01 of document L2/25-186.
[184-A82] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 01 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250408080610].
[184-A83] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 02 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250515163225].
[184-A84] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 03 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250515165742].
[184-A85] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to adjust the values of provisional properties for U+3ADA and U+66F6, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250518084353] and Section 04 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A86] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 04 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250518084353].
[184-C35] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the informative kRSUnicode and informative kTotalStrokes property values of U+4748, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250521084321] and Section 05 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A87] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+4748 in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250521084321] and Section 05 of document L2/25-186, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A88] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250521084321] and Section 05 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A89] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 05 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250521084321].
[184-A90] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add “9030” as the kGB8 property value of IRG Working Set 2024 #00266 after it is encoded in a new CJK Unified Ideographs extension block, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250530122017] and Section 06 of document L2/25-186, for a future version of the Unicode Standard.
[184-A91] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to remove the kGB8 property value of U+4FB4, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250530122017] and Section 06 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A92] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 06 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250530122017].
[184-A93] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Josh Hadley, PAG: Add confusable information for U+4FB4 with WS 2024 #00266, based on Section 06 of document L2/25-186, for a future version of the standard.
Discussion. No action needed for this section.
[184-C36] Consensus: Accept the proposal to add UTC-00335 as a new normative kIRG_USource property value for U+2CE9E, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250613180157] and Section 08 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A94] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add UTC-00335 as a new kIRG_USource property value for U+2CE9E in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250613180157] and Section 08 of document L2/25-186, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A95] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database to add UTC-00335 as a new kIRG_USource property value for U+2CE9E, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250613180157] and Section 08 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A96] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add new property values to U+2CE9E, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250613180157] and as amended in Section 08 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A97] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 data file to reflect the changes to the record for UTC-00335, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250613180157] and as amended in Section 08 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A98] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 TrueType font to map U+2CE9E to the glyph for UTC-00335, then provide the updated UAX #45 TrueType font to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250613180157] and Section 08 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A99] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 08 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250613180157].
[184-A100] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add new kZVariant property values to U+98EE and U+98F2, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20250619221100] and Section 09 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A101] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 09 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20250619221100].
[184-C37] Consensus: Accept the proposal to add UTC-00588 as a new normative kIRG_USource property value for U+32DE8, based on PRI #514 feedback [ID20250205202205] and Section 10 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A102] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add UTC-00588 as a new kIRG_USource property value for U+32DE8 in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #514 feedback [ID20250205202205] and Section 10 of document L2/25-186, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A103] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database to add UTC-00588 as a new kIRG_USource property value for U+32DE8, based on PRI #514 feedback [ID20250205202205] and Section 10 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A104] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 data file to reflect the changes to the record for UTC-00588, based on PRI #514 feedback [ID20250205202205] and as amended in Section 10 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A105] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 TrueType font to map U+32DE8 to the glyph for UTC-00588, then provide the updated UAX #45 TrueType font to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on PRI #514 feedback [ID20250205202205] and Section 10 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A106] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 10 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #514 feedback [ID20250205202205].
[184-A107] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Apply the V-source representative glyph correction to the code chart for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J block with an updated TrueType font provided by Vietnam, based on PRI #526 feedback [ID20250519222217] and Section 11 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A108] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 11 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #526 feedback [ID20250519222217].
[184-A109] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 12 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #526 feedback [ID20250520112515].
[184-A110] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 13 of document L2/25-186. See PRI #526 feedback [ID20250520113238].
[184-A111] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add “1893” as the kGB3 property value of IRG Working Set 2024 #00266 after it is encoded in a new CJK Unified Ideographs extension block, based on document L2/25-170 and Section 14 of document L2/25-186, for a future version of the Unicode Standard.
[184-A112] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add 2,401 kGB3 property values, based on document L2/25-170 and as amended in Section 14 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A113] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add kGB5 property values, based on document L2/25-170 and as amended in Section 14 of document L2/25-186, for a future version of the Unicode Standard.
[184-A114] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/25-170 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 14 of document L2/25-186.
[184-C38] Consensus: Provisionally assign U+1B127 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE NE and U+1B128 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE WI in the Kana Extended-A block, based on document L2/25-151R (Chan) and Section 15 of document L2/25-186.
[184-A115] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to add the provisionally assigned characters U+1B127 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE NE and U+1B128 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE WI, based on document L2/25-151R and Section 15 of document L2/25-186.
[184-A116] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Prepare text for the Core Specification that describes U+1B127 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE NE and U+1B128 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE WI, based on document L2/25-151R and Section 15 of document L2/25-186.
[184-A117] Action Item for Josh Hadley, Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add confusable information for U+1B127 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE NE and U+1B128 KATAKANA LETTER ALTERNATE WI, based on document L2/25-151R, for a future version of the standard.
[184-A118] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Apply blue highlighting to U+26EA4 and U+2703B in the code charts, based on document IRG N2779R2 and Section 16 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A119] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CHARTS: Draft and post errata notices to the “Updates and Errata” page about the correction of the T-source representative glyphs for U+26EA4, U+26FE1, and U+2703B, based on document IRG N2779R2 and Section 16 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-C39] Consensus: Accept the proposal to adjust the V-source representative glyph of U+2B9EC in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E block, based on document IRG N2847 (Ng) and Section 17 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A120] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Apply the V-source representative glyph correction to the code chart for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E block with an updated TrueType font provided by Vietnam, based on document IRG N2847 and Section 17 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A121] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document IRG N2847 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 17 of document L2/25-186.
[184-C40] Consensus: Accept the proposal to revert the J-source representative glyphs, based on document WG 2 N5296 (Sim), Recommendation M72.07 in document WG 2 N5304, and Section 18 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
[184-A122] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Revert the J-source representative glyphs, based on document WG 2 N5296, Recommendation M72.07 in document WG 2 N5304, and Section 18 of document L2/25-186, for Unicode Version 17.0.
Michel Suignard noted that he had updated his draft proposal to move the beginning of Seal to 3D000; had the roadmapping been clear ahead of time, he would have been able to present a proposal to this meeting.
Discussion of the target version for Seal. Participants think Unicode Version 18.0 is appropriate. UAX #60 would cover Seal.
Note: The recommendation in Section 19 of L2/25-186 to open Plane 4 was rejected on the previous day, with the allocation of Seal being kept in Plane 3, albeit moved to its end; see 184-A54.
Discussion. No action needed for this section.
Discussion. No action needed for this section.
Discussion. No action needed for this section.
Peter Constable noted that this topic had been covered as part of the CJK report.
Break 17:05–17:13 UTC−7 (02:05–02:13 UTC+2) .
Discussion.
Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:25 UTC−7 (02:25 UTC+2) .
Meeting opened at 09:30 UTC−7 (18:30 UTC+2) .
4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Oral report from Toral Cowieson.
Long discussion.
Anushah Hossain presented document L2/25-190.
Discussion.
Robin Leroy noted that there had been recent progress on the proto-cuneiform proposal, and that he expects the proposal to be presented to UTC #185.
Discussion.
[184-N3] Note: The Unicode Technical Committee delegates maintenance of the Roadmap to the Script Encoding Working Group.
Break 10:45–10:59 UTC−7 (19:45–19:59 UTC+2)
Robin Leroy and Joshua Tsai presented an early draft of document L2/25-210.
Long discussion.
Discussion of the practicalities of the transition period to a possible maintenance agency. Peter Constable suggested that an amendment of 10646 could be developed in parallel with a new edition. Ken Whistler suggested that a smaller scope release cycle might be necessary during a transition period.
Jan Kučera presented sections 5.14–5.21 of document L2/25-187, for which no action was required.
Long discussion of repeated submissions of ill-formed AI-generated proposals.
[184-N4] Note: The UTC agrees with the assessment of the Script Encoding Working Group that the proposals listed in Sections 5.14 and 5.15 of document L2/25-187 do not present adequate evidence to support encoding.
[184-C41] Consensus: The UTC authorizes the release of Unicode 17.0 and synchronized standards UTS #10, UTS #39, UTS #46 and UTS #51, incorporating the results of decisions and actions as recorded during UTC #184, with a target release date of September 9, 2025.
[184-A123] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Prepare an updated NamesList.txt for Unicode Version 17.0, synched with the final Unicode Version 17.0 repertoire, as finalized during UTC #184.
[184-A124] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Prepare final candidate data files for the UCD, and the data directories for UTS #10, UTS #39, and UTS #46, for the Unicode Version 17.0 release.
[184-A125] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, ESC: Prepare final candidate data files for the data directory of UTS #51, and a complete set of emoji final charts for Emoji 17.0.
[184-A126] Action Item for Peter Constable, RMG: Complete all tasks associated with the 17.0 release.
[184-A127] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Close PRIs ## 508, 511, 513, 516, 518–519, 522, 524–531.
The closing date of record is October 6th, 2025.
The next closing date of record is January 2nd, 2026.
[184-A128] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Extend closing dates on open PRIs to October 6th, 2025.
Discussion.
UTC thanks the host, Microsoft.
UTC adjourned for the week at 13:02 UTC−7 (22:02 UTC+2) and went for lunch.
Shortly after the close of UTC #184, the following decision was taken by email according to the TC Decision Process by Email in the TC Procedures:
[184-C42] Consensus: UTC accepts the variation sequence 29B7 FE00 for Unicode 17.0, superseding decision 184-C20.
Members Represented
| Roll Call | Jul 22 | Jul 23 | Jul 24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full members | |||
| Adobe Inc. | Y | Y | Y |
| Airbnb | |||
| Amazon.com Services Inc. | |||
| Apple | Y | Y | Y |
| Y | Y | Y | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | |||
| Microsoft Corporation | Y | Y | Y |
| Salesforce.com | |||
| Translated | |||
| Supporting members | |||
| Bloomberg LP | |||
| Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) | |||
| Netflix | |||
| Stanford University - SILICON | |||
| Tamil Nadu, Tamil Virtual Academy | |||
| The University of California at Berkeley | Y | Y | Y |
| Associate members | |||
| Beijing Zhong Yi Electronics Co. | |||
| Bretagne Numérique | |||
| Decotype, Inc. | |||
| Ebanah | |||
| Emojipedia | |||
| Oracle Corporation | |||
| PANDI.id Registry | |||
| SAS Institute Inc. | |||
| SIL Global | Y | Y | Y |
| The Wikimedia Foundation | |||
| Wénlín | |||
| Individual | |||
UTC Attendance
| Name | Representing |
|---|---|
| Basit Ali | Microsoft |
| Debbie Anderson | UCB |
| Christopher Chapman | Apple |
| Peter Constable | Microsoft |
| Toral Cowieson | Unicode |
| Craig Cummings | Unicode |
| Jennifer Daniel | |
| Mark Davis | |
| Kamilé Demir | Adobe |
| Scott Edwards | Microsoft |
| Lorna Evans | SIL |
| Asmus Freytag | self |
| Richard Gillam | Apple |
| Fraser Gordon | self |
| Joshua Hadley | Adobe |
| Greg Hitchcock | Microsoft |
| Bryce Hoenigman | UCB |
| Ned Holbrook | Apple |
| Anushah Hossain | UCB |
| Helena Kansa | UCB |
| Jan Kučera | Unicode |
| Gregg Lechner | Unicode |
| Robin Leroy | |
| Liang Hai | Unicode |
| Leona Lin | Microsoft |
| Paul Linnerud | Microsoft |
| Ken Lunde | Apple |
| Sergey Malkin | Microsoft |
| Rick McGowan | Unicode |
| Sudip Iglesias Murmu | self |
| Michelle Perham | Unicode |
| Roozbeh Pournader | Unicode |
| Murray Sargent | self |
| Markus Scherer | |
| CheonHyeong Sim | self |
| Hong Sng | self |
| Michel Suignard | Unicode |
| Sourabh Suri | self |
| Jesslyn Tannady | self |
| Tex Texin | Xencraft |
| Joshua Tsai | self |
| Ken Whistler | Unicode |
| John Wilcock | Microsoft |