Proposal to Remove Some Hira/Kata From Script_Extensions

The Script_Extensions property values for some characters contain Hiragana, Katakana, or Bopomofo, when they should only contain Han. The Unicode Technical Committee is considering removing the Hiragana, Katakana, or Bopomofo in these cases, and would like feedback as to any that should not be changed, and any others that should be. Public Review Issue #316 contains details of a proposal to remove these items from Script_Extensions.

For information about how to discuss this Public Review Issue and how to supply formal feedback, please see the feedback and discussion instructions.

Proposed Update UAX #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm

A new proposed update of UAX #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm for the Unicode 9.0 release is now available for public review and comment.

The table in Section 2.7, Markup and Formatting, has been updated to reflect changes to isolates in HTML5 and CSS.

For further information and instructions on how to leave feedback, please see Public Review Issue #315.

Proposed Update UAX #45, U-Source Ideographs

A new proposed update of UAX #45, U-Source Ideographs for the Unicode 9.0 release is now available for public review and comment.

Many updates and additions have been made to the USourceData.txt and the accompanying list of glyphs for all the U-Source ideographs, USourceGlyphs.pdf. For the latest versions of the source data and glyph files for review, see the versioned files posted in the Unicode 9.0 UCD data file review directory.

For further information and instructions on how to leave feedback, please see Public Review Issue #314.

Proposed Update UTS #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms

A new proposed update of UTS #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms is now available for public review and comment.

The proposed update of this Unicode Technical Standard includes new material for email security profiles and text about the use of Script_Extensions. The data file confusablesWholeScript.txt has been withdrawn, because in practice the process of derivation of whole script confusables depends on the particular set of characters supported by an application. The use of a data file is replaced by a logical process of deriving the whole-script confusables data based on the set of supported characters.

For further information and instructions on how to leave feedback, please see Public Review Issue #313.

Unicode Tutorial Workshop in Oman (Feb 14-16, 2016)

This tutorial workshop, sponsored by the Unicode Consortium and organized by the German University of Technology in Oman, is a three-day event designed to familiarize the audience with the Unicode Standard and the concepts of internationalization. It is the first ever Unicode event to be held in the Middle East.

The workshop program includes an introduction to Writing Systems & Unicode, plus presentations on Arabic Typography, web best practices, mobile internationalization, and more.

The workshop website provides full information about the event.

Feedback on Draft additional repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2016 (5th edition) CD2

The Unicode Technical Committee is soliciting feedback on pending additions to the draft repertoire of characters, to help discover any errors in character names, incorrect glyphs, or other problems. There is a short window of opportunity to review and comment on the repertoire additions noted below.

The following additional repertoire from ISO/IEC 10646:2016 (5th Edition), which is in committee ballot, is under review. See the associated repertoire in: Draft additional repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2016 (5th edition) CD2.

The Unicode Standard is developed in synchrony with ISO/IEC 10646. After ISO balloting is completed on any repertoire additions, no further changes or corrections will be possible. (See the FAQ Standards Developing Organizations for additional information on the stages in ISO standards development.) Advance feedback on these repertoire additions will help inform the UTC discussions about its own contribution to the ISO balloting process.

Documents referenced in the draft repertoire with numbers such as L2/15-088 are available in the UTC Document Registry.

For information about how to discuss this Public Review Issue and how to supply formal feedback, please see the feedback and discussion instructions.