Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 188
Redmond, Washington, United States — July 28-30, 2026
Hosted by Microsoft in Redmond and virtually
UTC #188 Agenda
Revision date: 2026-08-04
Logistics: https://www.unicode.org/timesens/logistics-utc188.html
Total full members in good standing = 8 (Adobe, Airbnb, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Translated)
Total supporting members in good standing = 4 (MeitY, Stanford, Tamil Nadu, UCB)
Voting members in regular attendance = 4.5: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Quorum for UTC #188 is 2.25.
4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Associate members present: Ebanah, SIL.
[188-C1] Consensus: Approve minutes of UTC meeting #187, as amended in discussion.
[188-A1] Action Item for Robin Leroy, UTC: Post approved minutes of UTC #187.
[188-C2] Consensus: Revert approval of Chisoi script for Unicode Version 18.0 (ref. 184-C2) and set the status of the 40 code points, 16D80..16DA9, to provisionally assigned.
[188-C3] Consensus: Change the algorithmic names of 11328 Small Seal characters from “SEAL CHARACTER-XXXXX” to “SMALL SEAL CHARACTER-XXXXX”, for Unicode 18.0.
[188-A2] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the pipeline to reflect the name change for Seal characters in Unicode 18.0, and postponement of Chisoi characters from Unicode 18.0 to Unicode 19.0 [ref. consensus 188-C2, 188-C3].
[188-A3] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Update data files for Unicode 18.0, UTS #10, UTS #39, UTS #46, and UTS #58, reflecting the name for Small Seal characters, and removing 40 Chisoi characters postponed to Unicode 19.0 [ref. consensus 188-C2, 188-C3].
[188-A4] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Update charts for Unicode 18.0, removing Chisoi script (postponed to Unicode 19.0) [ref. consensus 188-C2].
[188-A5] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update the core spec for Unicode 18.0 as appropriate to remove references to Chisoi script (postponed to Unicode 19.0) [ref. consensus 188-C2].
[188-A6] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update Table 4-8 in the core spec to reflect the change of algorithmic names for Small Seal characters, for Unicode 18.0 [ref. Consensus 188-C3].
Roll-call adjustment: Ebanah (associate member) no longer present (4.5 voting members represented).
[188-C4] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+0CF4 KANNADA SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE in the Kannada block, described in L2/26-170, as amended. [Ref: 2.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-A7] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+0CF4 KANNADA SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE, described in L2/26-170, as amended. [Ref: 2.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-A8] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to suggest a subheading for NamesList.txt. [Ref: 2.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-C5] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+0CF0 KANNADA SIGN ARDHANUSVARA in the Kannada block, as described in L2/26-169. [Ref: 2.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A9] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+0CF0 KANNADA SIGN ARDHANUSVARA, as described in L2/26-169. [Ref: 2.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A10] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Provide the font from SEW/26-043 to the Charts group. [Ref: 2.2 in L2/26-158]
Roll-call adjustment: SIL (associate member) no longer present (4.5 voting members represented).
[188-C6] Consensus: Change the code point provisionally assigned to TULU-TIGALARI LETTER ARCHAIC II by 183-C5 from U+113DA to U+113DB. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-158]
[188-C7] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+113D9..U+113DA in the Tulu-Tigalari block, as described in L2/26-168. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-158]
[188-A11] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 code points U+113D9..U+113DA, as described in L2/26-168, moving the existing provisional assignment of U+113DA to U+113DB. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-158]
[188-A12] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Provide the font from SEW/26-042 to the Charts group. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-158]
[188-C8] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+11462 NEWA LETTER HEAVY YA in the Newa block, as described in L2/26-171. [Ref: 2.4 in L2/26-158]
[188-A13] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+11462 NEWA LETTER HEAVY YA, as described in L2/26-171. [Ref: 2.4 in L2/26-158]
[188-A14] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Provide the font from SEW/26-051 to the Charts group. [Ref: 2.4 in L2/26-158]
[188-C9] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+1107E BRAHMI MINIMIZING VIRAMA in the Brahmi block, described in L2/22-219, with code point as amended in this decision. [Ref: 2.5 in L2/26-158]
[188-A15] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+1107E BRAHMI MINIMIZING VIRAMA, described in L2/22-219, with code point as amended in this decision. [Ref: 2.5 in L2/26-158]
[188-A16] Action Item for Jan Kučera, EDC: Update the Core Specification with description and illustration of the minimizing virama in Brahmi. [Ref: 2.5 in L2/26-158]
[188-C10] Consensus: Provisionally assign 3 code points U+10D90 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH INVERTED V, U+10D91 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH WITH INVERTED V, U+10D92 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH INVERTED V in a new Arabic Extended-D block at U+10D90..U+10E5F, described in L2/26-053R, and with code points as amended in this decision. [Ref: 2.6 in L2/26-158]
[188-A17] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 3 code points U+10D90..U+10D92 in a new Arabic Extended-D block: 10D90..10E5F, described in L2/26-053R, as amended. [Ref: 2.6 in L2/26-158]
[188-A18] Action Item for Lorna Evans, SAH: Provide a compliant font for Arabic additions for Luri. [Ref: 2.6 in L2/26-158]
[188-C11] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+1EEE0 ARABIC ASTRONOMICAL ZERO in the Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols block, as described in L2/26-172. [Ref: 2.7 in L2/26-158]
[188-A19] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+1EEE0 ARABIC ASTRONOMICAL ZERO, as described in L2/26-172. [Ref: 2.7 in L2/26-158]
[188-A20] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Provide the font from SEW/26-066 to the Charts group. [Ref: 2.7 in L2/26-158]
[188-C12] Consensus: Provisionally assign 7 code points U+10EC8 and U+10EEF in the Arabic Extended-C block and U+1EEE1..U+1EEE5 in the Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols block, as described in L2/26-173. [Ref: 2.8 in L2/26-158]
[188-A21] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 7 code points U+10EC8, U+10EEF, U+1EEE1..U+1EEE5, as described in L2/26-173. [Ref: 2.8 in L2/26-158]
[188-A22] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Provide the font from SEW/26-067 to the Charts group. [Ref: 2.8 in L2/26-158]
[188-C13] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+20F1..U+20F2 in the Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols block, as described in L2/26-141. [Ref: 2.9 in L2/26-158]
[188-A23] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 code points U+20F1..U+20F2, as described in L2/26-141. [Ref: 2.9 in L2/26-158]
[188-C14] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+A7DE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH OBLIQUE STROKE and U+A7DF LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH OBLIQUE STROKE in the Latin Extended-D block, as described in L2/26-144. [Ref: 2.10 in L2/26-158]
[188-A24] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 code points U+A7DE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH OBLIQUE STROKE and U+A7DF LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH OBLIQUE STROKE, as described in L2/26-144. [Ref: 2.10 in L2/26-158]
[188-C15] Consensus: Provisionally assign 9 code points U+1DF9B..U+1DFA3 in the Latin Extended-G block, as described in L2/26-175. [Ref: 2.11 in L2/26-158]
[188-A25] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 9 code points U+1DF9B..U+1DFA3, as described in L2/26-175. [Ref: 2.11 in L2/26-158]
[188-A26] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Provide the font from SEW/26-056 to the Charts group. [Ref: 2.11 in L2/26-158]
[188-A27] Action Item for Kirk Miller, Ken Whistler, EDC: Provide text for the core specification describing the casing of the Albanian Frashëri characters.
[188-A28] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, EDC: Update the FAQ to avoid referring to presentation forms that do not exist.
[188-C16] Consensus: Provisionally assign 54 code points U+1DC00..U+1DC35 in a new Leibnizian Ambiguous Signs block at U+1DC00..U+1DC3F, as described in L2/26-143. Further, provisionally assign 5 variation sequences for Leibnizian Ambiguous Signs, described in L2/26-143, with descriptions as amended here: 1DC09 FE00 horizontal strokes with wider space; 1DC0A FE00 horizontal strokes with wide lower space; 1DC0D FE00 horizontal strokes with wider spaces; 1DC12 FE00 horizontal strokes equally widely spaced; 1DC12 FE01 horizontal strokes equally narrowly spaced. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-A29] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 54 code points U+1DC00..U+1DC35 in a new Leibnizian Ambiguous Signs block: 1DC00..1DC3F and the associated 5 variation sequences, as described in L2/26-143. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-A30] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to submit a compliant font for Leibniz Ambiguous Signs to Unicode. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-C17] Consensus: Accept 1 variation sequence for MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT SMALL X, as described in L2/26-142, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 3.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A31] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline for the variation sequence for MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT SMALL X as described in L2/26-142. [Ref: 3.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A32] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to submit a compliant font for the variation sequence for MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT SMALL X as described in L2/26-142. [Ref: 3.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-C18] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+1D282 MUSICAL SYMBOL DOWN ARROWHEAD BREATH MARK in the Musical Symbols Supplement block, described in L2/26-130, with the name as amended in this decision. [Ref: 3.4 in L2/26-158]
[188-A33] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+1D282 MUSICAL SYMBOL DOWN ARROWHEAD BREATH MARK, described in L2/26-130, as amended. [Ref: 3.4 in L2/26-158]
Meeting opened at 09:33 UTC−7 (18:33 UTC+2) .
4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Associate members present: SIL.
[188-C19] Consensus: Add notes to section 3.6.2 "Variation Selectors" in the Core spec to indicate that interpreting either misplaced variation selectors or unassigned variation sequences in any way not sanctioned by the Unicode Standard is not conformant. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 1.1.
[188-A34] Action Item for Asmus Freytag, EDC: Add notes to section 3.6.2 "Variation Selectors" in the Core spec to indicate that interpreting either misplaced variation selectors or unassigned variation sequences in any way not sanctioned by the Unicode Standard is not conformant. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 1.1.
[188-C20] Consensus: Change the language and recommendations in ArabicShaping.txt to more strongly recommend that implementers use the derived files. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 2.2.
[188-A35] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader and Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the language and recommendations in ArabicShaping.txt to more strongly recommend that implementers use the derived files. For Unicode 18.0 See L2/26-154 item 2.2.
[188-A36] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Ken Whistler, PAG: Correct the description of ArabicShaping.txt in Table 9 of UAX #44, Unicode Character Database, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-C21] Consensus: Change the Indic_Syllabic_Category of U+16100 GURUNG KHEMA LETTER A from Vowel_Independent to Consonant. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/24-203 and L2/26-154 item 2.3.
[188-A37] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file IndicSyllabicCategory.txt, Change the Indic_Syllabic_Category of U+16100 GURUNG KHEMA LETTER A from Vowel_Independent to Consonant. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/24-203 and L2/26-154 item 2.3.
[188-A38] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update the text of UAX #9 as proposed in L2/26-154 item 5.1. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 5.1.
[188-C22] Consensus: Change the Bidi_Class of U+1B42 ᭂ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN PEPET, U+1B3C ᬼ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN LA LENGA, and U+1B3A ᬺ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN RA REPA from Nonspacing_Mark (NSM) to Left_To_Right (L). For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 5.2.
[188-A39] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file UnicodeData.txt and derived files, change the Bidi_Class of U+1B42, U+1B3C, and U+1B3A from Nonspacing_Mark (NSM) to Left_To_Right (L). For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 5.2.
[188-N1] Note: In Unicode Versions 5.0 through 17.0, the Bidi_Class values of U+1B42 ᭂ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN PEPET, U+1B3C ᬼ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN LA LENGA, and U+1B3A ᬺ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN RA REPA (all Bidi_Class=Nonspacing_Mark) were inconsistent with those of U+1B43 ᭃ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN PEPET TEDUNG, U+1B3D ᬽ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN LA LENGA TEDUNG, and U+1B3B ᬻ BALINESE VOWEL SIGN RA REPA TEDUNG (all Bidi_Class=Left_To_Right), contradicting the Property Value Stability Policy “The property values for the bidirectional properties Bidi_Class and Bidi_Mirrored preserve canonical equivalence”.
[188-C23] Consensus: Recommend to the TCG that the character encoding stability policy “The property values for the bidirectional properties Bidi_Class and Bidi_Mirrored preserve canonical equivalence” be updated to address the issue identified in 188-N1.
[188-A40] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Work with the TCG to update the character encoding stability policy “The property values for the bidirectional properties Bidi_Class and Bidi_Mirrored preserve canonical equivalence” to address the issue identified in 188-N1.
[188-C24] Consensus: Change the Line_Break assignments of U+00B7 · MIDDLE DOT from Ambiguous (AI) to Infix_Numeric (IS) and U+0387 · GREEK ANO TELEIA from Alphabetic (AL) to Infix_Numeric (IS). For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 7.1.
[188-A41] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file LineBreak.txt and derived files, change the Line_Break assignments of U+00B7 · MIDDLE DOT from Ambiguous (AI) to Infix_Numeric (IS) and U+0387 · GREEK ANO TELEIA from Alphabetic (AL) to Infix_Numeric (IS). For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 7.1.
[188-A42] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file LineBreakTest.txt and derived files, add test cases for Chinese usage of U+00B7. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 7.1.
[188-C25] Consensus: Change the Line_Break assignment of code points U+1F7DB and U+1F7F1..U+1F7FF from Ideographic (ID) to Alphabetic (AL). For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 7.2.
[188-A43] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In LineBreak.txt, change the Line_Break assignment of code points U+1F7DB and U+1F7F1..U+1F7FF from Ideographic (ID) to Alphabetic (AL). For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 7.2.
[188-A44] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #29, add a note after the second paragraph of Section 3 pointing out that character count limits based on grapheme cluster breaking are not data size limits. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 8.1.
[188-A45] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #29, in Section 3.1.1, Grapheme Cluster Boundary Rules, correct the note about emoji sequences as described in L2/26-154 item 8.2. For Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-C26] Consensus: In Unicode Standard Annex #44, Unicode Character Database, update the derivation of the Indic_Conjunct_Break property to use the Script_Extensions (scx) property rather than the Script (sc) property. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 8.4.
[188-A46] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #44, Unicode Character Database, update the derivation of the Indic_Conjunct_Break property to use the Script_Extensions (scx) property rather than the Script (sc) property; include a note that \p{scx=𝑆} means the set of characters that have 𝑆 as one of their Script_Extensions values. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 8.4.
[188-A47] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update UCD data files to reflect the changed derivation of Indic_Conjunct_Break. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 8.4.
[188-A48] Action Item for Asmus Freytag, PAG: Update UAX #29 to clarify wording around the use of hyphens in special text types as described in L2/26-154 item 8.5. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 8.5.
[188-A49] Action Item for Robin Leroy, Ken Whistler, EDC: Clean up bullet points of D59 of section 3.6.2 of the Core Spec. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 8.6.
[188-C27] Consensus: In the UCA spec, remove the Variable Weighting option Shift-Trimmed. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 9.1.
[188-A50] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In the UCA spec, remove the Variable Weighting option Shift-Trimmed. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 9.1.
[188-A51] Action Item for Mark Davis, PAG: Create a CLDR ticket to deprecate the name of the option. See L2/26-154 item 9.1.
[188-A52] Action Item for Mark Davis, Robin Leroy, PAG: Fix the regular expression referenced in L2/26-154 item 10.1 in UTS #18 in a future version.
[188-C28] Consensus: Update the Identifier_Type of Arabic and Hebrew combining marks per L2/26-154 item 11.2. For Unicode 18.0.
[188-A53] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader and Josh Hadley, PAG: Update IdentifierType.txt to reflect the new Identifier_Type values of Arabic and Hebrew combining marks per L2/26-154 item 11.2. For Unicode 18.0.
[188-C29] Consensus: In Unicode Technical Standard #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms, take Hntl into account in the Mixed-script detection algorithm. For Unicode Version 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 11.3.
[188-A54] Action Item for Josh Hadley and Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add Hntl to Section 5.1 of UTS #39. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 11.3.
[188-C30] Consensus: Change the regular expression in Section 3.1.1.1 of UTS #39 from /$LJ $T* ZWNJ $T* $RJ/ to /$LJ $T* ZWNJ $RJ/, for Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 11.4.
[188-A55] Action Item for Josh Hadley and Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Change the regular expression in Section 3.1.1.1 of UTS #39 from /$LJ $T* ZWNJ $T* $RJ/ to /$LJ $T* ZWNJ $RJ/, for Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 11.4.
[188-A56] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, EDC: Add text to the Core Specification to recommend that combining marks should appear before joiners in Arabic and similar scripts. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 11.4.
[188-A57] Action Item for Asmus Freytag, PAG: Provide text to Roozbeh Pournader and Josh Hadley for Section 3.1.1.1 of UTS #39 stating that the restrictions on ZWJ and ZWNJ are stricter than the CONTEXTJ rules, rather than merely similar.
[188-A58] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add a clarification note to UTS #39 about casefolding and normalization in relation to confusables. For a future version of the standard. See L2/26-154 item 12.2.
Roll-call adjustment: SIL (associate member) no longer present (4.5 voting members represented).
[188-A59] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, ESC: Edit the text of UTS #51 to improve guidance on the usage of emoji presentation selectors and the Emoji_Presentation property based on L2/26-154 item 13.1. For Unicode 18.0. See L2/26-154 item 13.1.
[188-A60] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: in UAX #9, Unicode Bidi Algorithm, add a warning to Section 7, Mirroring, that Bidi_Mirroring_Glyph mappings are not size-preserving.
[188-C31] Consensus: Add Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu to the Script_Extensions values of U+0B83 TAMIL SIGN VISARGA, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 4.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-A61] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add scx=Knda Mlym Taml Telu to U+0B83 TAMIL SIGN VISARGA, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 4.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-C32] Consensus: Change the names of the following three Leke characters which had been provisionally assigned as a part of Consensus [186-C21]: U+11BA2 LEKE SIGN SEUNG NU CUI to LEKE SIGN SEUNG NU CEU; U+11BA3 LEKE SIGN THAEU WEE KLEU to LEKE SIGN THAE WEE KLEU; and U+11BA4 LEKE SIGN DWAI THAEU WEE to LEKE SIGN DWAI THAE WEE. [Ref: 4.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A62] Action Item for Ken Whistler, SAH: Update the Pipeline with the revised Leke character names for U+11BA2..U+11BA4. [Ref: 4.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A63] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update the draft data to change the three Leke character names U+11BA2..U+11BA4, as described in the SEW report. [Ref: 4.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A64] Action Item for Rick McGowan, Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider updating the Core Specification to point out the different conventions for compound accidentals. [Ref: 5.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-A65] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Charts: Consider adding annotations for U+1D1D2 MUSICAL SYMBOL SQUARE B, as described in L2/26-178. [Ref: 5.2 in L2/26-158]
[188-A66] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Charts: Consider revising annotations for U+11300 GRANTHA SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE and U+11302 GRANTHA SIGN ANUSVARA, as described in L2/26-164. [Ref: 5.4 in L2/26-158]
Meeting opened at 09:32 UTC−7 (18:32 UTC+2) .
4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.
Associate members present: SIL.
[188-A67] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Investigate the various encoding models for Indic scripts listed in the Core Specification and propose appropriate changes, as discussed in PRI #544 ID20260416070531. [Ref: 6.1 in L2/26-158]
[188-C33] Consensus: Update the Mongolian section of StandardizedVariants.txt as discussed in the meeting, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: L2/26-203 and 5.3 in L2/26-158]
[188-A68] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Make changes to StandardizedVariants.txt per 188-C33, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A69] Action Item for Liang Hai, EDC: Consider updating Chapter 13 and Chapter 23 of the Core Specification regarding variation sequences for Mongolian, as described in L2/26-163. [Ref: 5.3 in L2/26-158]
[188-C34] Consensus: UTC approves the change of title for UAX #60 from “Data for Large East Asian Scripts” to “Data for East Asian Scripts”, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A70] Action Item for Michel Suignard, SAH: Change the title of UAX #60 to “Data for East Asian Scripts”, and include a reference to UAX #38, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A71] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update any references to outdated titles of UAX #60, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A72] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add “I:U+82A9” as the kStrange property value of U+2B1E7, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260517103203] and Section 01 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A73] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 01 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #534 feedback [ID20260517103203].
[188-C35] Consensus: Accept the informative kRSUnicode property value change for U+2BB89, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260517144156] and Section 02 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A74] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode property value of U+2BB89, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260517144156] and Section 02 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A75] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to China feedback on document IRG N2929, based on the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 02 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #534 feedback [ID20260517144156].
[188-A76] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 02 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #534 feedback [ID20260517144156].
[188-A77] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check 164 kMandarin property value discrepancies, then report back to the UTC. See PRI #534 feedback [ID20260615125721] and Section 03 of document L2/26-157.
[188-A78] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 03 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #534 feedback [ID20260615125721].
[188-C36] Consensus: Accept the informative kRSUnicode property value change for U+2C07B, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260628220827] and Section 04 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A79] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode property value of U+2C07B, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260628220827] and Section 04 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A80] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add “2026” as the kJinmeiyoKanji property value of U+52D2, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260629042814] and Section 05 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A81] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Description of the kJinmeiyoKanji property in UAX #38, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260629042814] and Section 05 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A82] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 05 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #534 feedback [ID20260629042814].
[188-A83] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add kZVariant property values to U+7C5C, U+9832, U+2BE14, and U+2BF9F, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260630175343] and Section 06 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A84] Action Item for Josh Hadley, Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Update the UTS #39 confusables.txt data file by adding two new confusable pairs, U+7C5C/U+2BF9F and U+9832/U+2BE14, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260630175343] and Section 06 of document L2/26-157, for a future version of the standard.
[188-A85] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 06 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #534 feedback [ID20260630175343].
[188-N2] Note: This feedback demonstrates that feedback submitters should make an effort to more clearly specify which particular addition or change is being proposed, and should not be left to a UTC working group or the UTC to figure out.
[188-C37] Consensus: Accept the normative kIRG_GSource property value change for U+32CDD, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260706081427] and Section 07 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A86] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kIRG_GSource property value of U+32CDD, based on PRI #534 feedback [ID20260706081427] and Section 07 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A87] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Change the UAX #45 records for UTC-00970, UTC-01044, UK-01462, and UK-01653, based on PRI #544 feedback [ID20260614092409] and Section 08 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A88] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 09 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #545 feedback [ID20260426150711].
[188-C38] Consensus: Accept the T-source representative glyph changes for U+20CB9, U+21731, U+21DDE, U+22681, and U+22B44, based on PRI #548 feedback [ID20260702100216] and Section 10 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A89] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 11 of document L2/26-157. See PRI #548 feedback [ID20260706210943].
[188-C39] Consensus: Accept the syntax change for the RSIndex.txt data file, based on document L2/26-134 (Lunde), and as amended in Section 12 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A90] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the RSIndex.txt data file, based on document L2/26-134, and as amended in Section 12 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A91] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Unicode Version 18.0 landing page to mention the syntax change of the RSIndex.txt data file, based on document L2/26-134, and as amended in Section 12 of document L2/26-157.
[188-C40] Consensus: Accept the 458 informative kTotalStrokes property value changes, based on document L2/26-148 (Lunde) and Section 13 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A92] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change 458 kTotalStrokes property values, based on document L2/26-148 and Section 13 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A93] Action Item for Josh Hadley, Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Update the UTS #39 confusables.txt data file by adding new confusable pairs, based on document L2/26-127 and Section 14 of document L2/26-157, for a future version of the standard.
[188-C41] Consensus: Provisionally assign U+16FE6 DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP in the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block; further, provisionally assign the following two new standardized variation sequences; based on document L2/26-133R (Chan) and Section 15 of document L2/26-157:
16FE6 FE00; corner-justified form; # DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP
16FE6 FE01; centered form; # DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP
[188-A94] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Provide a font for U+16FE6 DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on document L2/26-133R and Section 15 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A95] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Prepare a Proposed Update of UAX #50 that adds the glyphs for U+16FE6 DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP to Table 3, based on document L2/26-133R, and as amended in Section 15 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A96] Action Item for Michelle Perham, RMG: Post the Proposed Update of UAX #50 as a new PRI with 2026-10-05 as the closing date, based on document L2/26-133R and Section 15 of document L2/26-157.
[188-A97] Action Item for Ken Lunde, EDC: Prepare text for the Core Specification that describes U+16FE6 DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP, based on document L2/26-133R and Section 15 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A98] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline page to add U+16FE6 DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP and two standardized variation sequences, based on document L2/26-133R and Section 15 of document L2/26-157, as tentative for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A99] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Add two variation sequences to StandardizedVariants.txt, based on document L2/26-133R and Section 15 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A100] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Add two variation sequences and their representative glyphs to the code chart for the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block, based on document L2/26-133R and Section 15 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-C42] Consensus: Provisionally assign U+16FE5 WHITE IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA in the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block, based on document L2/26-136 (Kojitani) and Section 16 of document L2/26-157.
[188-A101] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Request the author of document L2/26-136 to redesign the glyphs for U+16FE5 WHITE IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA, then provide the font to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on document L2/26-136, and as amended in Section 16 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A102] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update UAX #50 to add the glyphs for U+16FE5 WHITE IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA to Table 3, based on document L2/26-136, and as amended in Section 16 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A103] Action Item for Ken Lunde, EDC: Prepare text for the Core Specification that describes U+16FE5 WHITE IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA, based on document L2/26-136 and Section 16 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A104] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline page to add U+16FE5 WHITE IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA, based on document L2/26-136 and Section 16 of document L2/26-157, as tentative for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A105] Action Item for Ken Whistler, CHARTS: Add a cross reference to U+FE46 WHITE SESAME DOT to the entry for U+16FE5 WHITE IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA in NamesList.txt, based on document L2/26-136, and as amended in Section 16 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A106] Action Item for Josh Hadley, Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Update the UTS #39 confusables.txt data file by adding U+FE46 and U+16FE5 as a new confusable pair, based on document L2/26-136, and as amended in Section 16 of document L2/26-157, for a future version of the Unicode Standard.
[188-A107] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/26-136 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 16 of document L2/26-157.
[188-C43] Consensus: Accept 494 CJK Unified Ideographs in the new CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A and CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B blocks with code point ranges U+2FA20..U+2FA96 (block: U+2FA20..U+2FA9F) and U+2FAA0..U+2FC16 (block: U+2FAA0..U+2FC1F), respectively, along with their provided normative IRG source references and informative properties, based on documents IRG N2878R3 (China & TCA) and WG 2 N5358 (China & TCA), and Section 17 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A108] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add the CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A and CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B blocks, based on documents IRG N2878R3 and WG 2 N5358, and Section 17 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A109] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Prepare a Proposed Update of UAX #38 that adds the CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A and CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B blocks to Section 4.4, to document the new “GCP” and “GCW” source prefixes for the kIRG_GSource property, to document the new “HCP” source prefix for the kIRG_HSource property, and to document the new “TCP” source prefix for the kIRG_TSource property, based on documents IRG N2878R3 and WG 2 N5358, and Section 17 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A110] Action Item for Michelle Perham, RMG: Post the Proposed Update of UAX #38 as a new PRI with 2026-10-05 as the closing date, based on documents IRG N2878R3 and WG 2 N5358, and Section 17 of document L2/26-157.
[188-A111] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline page to add the CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A and CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B blocks, based on documents IRG N2878R3 and WG 2 N5358, and Section 17 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A112] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Add the CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A and CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B blocks to the Alpha review notes for Unicode Version 19.0, based on documents IRG N2878R3 and WG 2 N5358, and Section 17 of document L2/26-157.
[188-A113] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update Table 4-8 of the Core Specification to add these two new blocks and their Rules (NR2) and Prefix Strings (“CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-”), based on documents IRG N2878R3 and WG 2 N5358, and Section 17 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A114] Action Item for Ken Lunde, EDC: Update the Core Specification to add the CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A and CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B blocks, based on documents IRG N2878R3 and WG 2 N5358, and Section 17 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A115] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In Unicode Technical Standard #10 (UCA), add a note about the new CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A and CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B blocks near Table 16. Computing Implicit Weights, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-C44] Consensus: Accept the normative kIRG_GSource property value change for U+48B4, based on documents IRG N2926 (Chan) and WG 2 N5359 (Chan), and Section 18 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-C45] Consensus: Accept the new normative kIRG_SGSource property, based on documents IRG N2926 (Chan) and WG 2 N5359 (Chan), and Section 18 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A116] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kIRG_GSource property value of U+48B4, based on documents IRG N2926 and WG 2 N5359, and Section 18 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A117] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to remove 225 kIRG_GSource property values, to add the new kIRG_SGSource property, and to add 226 new kIRG_SGSource property values, based on documents IRG N2926 and WG 2 N5359, and Section 18 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A118] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update UAX #38 to add the new kIRG_SGSource property, based on documents IRG N2926 and WG 2 N5359, and Section 18 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A119] Action Item for John Wilcock, PAG: Add the kIRG_SGSource property to UAX #42, based on documents IRG N2926 and WG 2 N5359, and Section 18 of document L2/26-157, for Unicode Version 19.0.
[188-A120] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Add the new kIRG_SGSource property to the Alpha review notes for Unicode Version 19.0, based on documents IRG N2926 and WG 2 N5359, and Section 18 of document L2/26-157.
[188-N3] Note: The UTC endorses document L2/26-147R as a UTC contribution to the IRG that proposes to horizontally extend 45 ideographs in existing CJK Unified Ideographs blocks.
[188-C46] Consensus: Approve the changes to kEH_Cat, kEH_Desc, kEH_HG, kEH_IFAO, and kEH_JSesh, listed in document L2/26-199, for Unicode Version 18.0.
[188-A121] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Add Ol Onal and Tolong Siki to Table 22-3, and adjust text as suggested for Myanmar, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-155 and ID20260524103017 in PRI #548]
[188-A122] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Review the feedback and make adjustments when appropriate, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-155 and ID20260526172722 in PRI #548]
[188-A123] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Reword NR2 to clarify that Egyptian Hieroglyphs are indeed covered by it, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-155 and ID20260706200358 in PRI #548]
[188-A124] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Correct [Knuth78] in UAX #41 as suggested, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 3.2 in L2/26-155 and ID20260529151202 in PRI #550]
[188-A125] Action Item for Richard Ishida, EDC: Investigate the issues and take ID20260507142418 into consideration, then propose edits, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 3.3 in L2/26-155, L2/26-128, and ID20260507142418 in PRI #544]
[188-A126] Action Item for Asmus Freytag, EDC: Clarify U+2E31’s relationship with U+00B7 in Chapter 6, and also survey the usage recommendations in various script sections, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 3.4 in L2/26-155 and ID20260512134510 in PRI #544]
[188-A127] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Incorporate the suggested text in the core spec, for Unicode Version 18.0. [Ref: 3.4 in L2/26-155 and ID20260627134929 in PRI #544]
[188-C47] Consensus: The UTC authorizes the release of Unicode 18.0 and synchronized standards UTS #10, UTS #39, UTS #46, UTS #51 and UTS #58, incorporating the results of decisions and actions as recorded during UTC #188, with a target release date of September 16, 2026.
[188-A128] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Prepare an updated NamesList.txt for Unicode Version 18.0, synched with the final Unicode Version 18.0 repertoire, as finalized during UTC #188.
[188-A129] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Prepare final candidate data files for the UCD, and the data directories for UTS #10, UTS #39, UTS #46, and UTS #58, for the Unicode Version 18.0 release.
[188-A130] 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 18.0.
[188-A131] Action Item for Peter Constable, RMG: Complete all tasks associated with the 18.0 release.
[188-A132] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Close PRIs ## 520, 523, 533 – 535, 538 – 539, 542 – 545, 547 – 554.
UTC adjourned for the week at 15:00 UTC−7 (00:00 UTC+2) .
Members Represented
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| Adobe Inc. | Y | Y | Y |
| Airbnb | |||
| Apple | Y | Y | Y |
| Y | Y | Y | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | |||
| Microsoft Corporation | Y | Y | Y |
| Salesforce.com | |||
| Translated | |||
| Supporting members | |||
| Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) | |||
| Stanford University - SILICON | |||
| Tamil Nadu, Tamil Virtual Academy | |||
| University of California at Berkeley - Script Encoding Initiative | Y | Y | Y |
| Associate members | |||
| Amazon.com Services Inc. | |||
| Beijing Zhong Yi Electronics Co. | |||
| Bloomberg LP | |||
| Decotype, Inc. | |||
| Ebanah | Y | ||
| Oracle Corporation | |||
| SAS Institute Inc. | |||
| SIL Global | Y | Y | Y |
| The Wikimedia Foundation | |||
| Wénlín | |||
UTC Attendance
| Name | Representing |
|---|---|
| Salim Al Mandhari | Ebanah |
| Basit Ali | Microsoft |
| Debbie Anderson | UCB |
| Maria Glenda Bellarosa | self |
| Maralina Caldas | Unicode |
| Christopher Chapman | Apple |
| Peter Constable | Microsoft |
| Toral Cowieson | Unicode |
| Sam Cundall | |
| Jennifer Daniel | |
| Kamilé Demir | Adobe |
| Lorna Evans | SIL |
| Tiffa Foster | |
| Asmus Freytag | self |
| Andrew Glass | Microsoft |
| Fraser Gordon | self |
| Fraser Gordon’s cat | self |
| Joshua Hadley | self |
| Ned Holbrook | Apple |
| Anushah Hossain | UCB |
| Alexis Hunt | self |
| Jiang Zhaoqin (Kushim) | self |
| Jan Kučera | Unicode |
| Gregg Lechner | Unicode |
| Robin Leroy | |
| Liang Hai | Unicode |
| Ken Lunde | Apple |
| Sudip Iglesias Murmu | self |
| Nova Patch | |
| Michelle Perham | Unicode |
| Roozbeh Pournader | Unicode |
| Murray Sargent | self |
| Markus Scherer | |
| Mark Shoulson | self |
| CheonHyeong Sim | self |
| Michel Suignard | Unicode |
| Misba Tabassun | |
| Tex Texin | Xencraft |
| Ken Whistler | Unicode |
| John Wilcock | Microsoft |