Unicode Emoji (UTR #51) Draft Available

The draft of the UTR #51, Unicode Emoji technical report has been advanced to Draft status, and updated as follows:

• refined the selection factors used to weigh new emoji proposals
• reduced the set of recommended characters
• reduced the set of characters that the emoji modifiers can affect (for diversity)
• removed one of the candidate Unicode 8.0 characters
• updated the charts to add the candidate Unicode 8.0 emoji, such as U+1F910 ZIPPER-MOUTH FACE
• enhanced the text

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