New version of Unicode Ideographic Variation Database released

The Unicode Consortium is pleased to announce the release of version 2010-11-14 of the Unicode Ideographic Variation Database. This release adds a new collection, Hanyo-Denshi, with 4,195 sequences in that collection. Details can be found at <http://www.unicode.org/ivd/> and <http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/domestic/sc02/hanyo-denshi/20100331>.

Corrigendum #8 issued for U+070F SYRIAC ABBREVIATION MARK

Corrigendum #8 has been issued, to correct the Bidi_Class for U+070F SYRIAC ABBREVIATION MARK. This corrigendum corrects the Bidi_Class to the value which was intended for Unicode 6.0, so that U+070F will not be separated into distinct directional runs from the other Syriac characters it is used with.

As for other corrigenda, this correction to the Bidi_Class value for U+070F does not modify the content of Unicode 6.0. However, it makes it possible for applications to declare conformance to Unicode 6.0 plus Corrigendum #8, if needed.

For details please see: http://www.unicode.org/versions/corrigendum8.html http://www.unicode.org/standard/versions/components-6.0.0.html#Unicode_6_0_0_With_Corrigendum