Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 N 1354

Date: 1996-04-26

Source: WG 2 Meeting 30, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1996-04-22--26

Title: Resolutions of WG 2 meeting 30

Action: To be considered by SC 2 and For information to WG 2

Status: Adopted at meeting 30 of WG 2

Distribution: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 and SC 2/WG 2

The following 15 national bodies were represented at the time the following resolutions were discussed and adopted: Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, FYR of Macedonia, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, UK and USA. Netherlands, Sweden and the Unicode Consortium were also represented during the meeting.

RESOLUTION M30.1 (naming guidelines): Unanimous

With reference to document N 1287 from the editor, WG 2 accepts the proposal in the document, and instructs its editor to add it to the cumulative list of editorial corrigenda in document N 1288.

RESOLUTION M30.2 (pDAM-9 on Unique Identifiers): Denmark Abstained

With reference to document N 1289R on Unique Identifiers, WG 2 instructs its editor to prepare the final pDAM-9 text, and forward it to the SC 2 secretariat for SC 2 ballot and information to SC 2 and SC 2/WG 2 liaison organizations.

RESOLUTION M30.3 (pDAM-7 on 33 Additional Characters): Unanimous

WG2 accepts the disposition of ballot comments for pDAM-7 in document N 1315 with the choice of shape which looks like the character LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S at x017F with a dot above added to it, for the character at x1E9B LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DOT ABOVE. Further WG 2 instructs its editor to prepare the final text of pDAM-7 and forward it to SC2 secretariat for further processing in JTC1 as a draft Amendment to ISO/IEC 10646-1: 1993 (E).

RESOLUTION M30.4 (pDAM-8 - Annex on CJK unification procedures): Unanimous

WG2 accepts the disposition of ballot comments for pDAM-8 in document N 1343, and instructs its editor to prepare the final text of pDAM-8 (from the proposed text in document N 1333) and forward it to SC2 secretariat for further processing in JTC1 as a draft Amendment to ISO/IEC 10646-1: 1993 (E).

RESOLUTION M30.5 (Runic script): Unanimous

With reference to documents N1330 and N 1382, WG 2 provisionally accepts the proposed repertoire of 81 characters for Runic script in document N 1330, acknowledging that further work is needed to finalize the names of the characters.

RESOLUTION M30.6 (Additional Cyrillic characters): Greece Abstained

With reference to documents N 418 and N1323, WG 2 provisionally accepts the proposed additional four Cyrillic characters, their names and shapes, for possible future encoding in ISO/IEC 10646, and invites the national bodies and liaison organizations to comment on the code positions proposed in document N 1323.

RESOLUTION M30.7 (Cherokee script): Unanimous

With reference to documents N1172, N1356 and N 1362 on Cherokee script, WG 2 provisionally accepts 85 of the 86 proposed characters (excluding the character ARCHAIC HV), their names and shapes as Category B script for possible future encoding in ISO/IEC 10646, acknowledging that further work is needed to finalize their code positions.

RESOLUTION M30.8 (Object Replacement Character): Unanimous

With reference to document N1365 on Object Replacement Character, WG 2 provisionally accepts the character, its name, and the code position of xFFFC, for possible future encoding in the standard, with the understanding that the shape is yet to be provided to the editor by the Unicode consortium and the US national body.

RESOLUTION M30.9 (Electrotechnical symbols): Unanimous

With reference to documents N 985 and N 1146 on Electrotechnical symbols, WG 2 accepts the shapes, names and proposed code positions for eight out of ten characters (after unifying the GREEK EPSILON SYMBOL with the character at x220A and POSTPONED-OUTPUT MARK with the character at x2510) for possible future encoding in ISO/IEC 10646. Further, WG2 instructs its editor to add these 8 characters to the cumulative list of symbols for future processing

RESOLUTION M30.10 (Yiddish character): Unanimous

With reference to document N 1364 on Yiddish character, WG 2 accepts the shape, name and the proposed code position of xFB1D for possible future encoding in ISO/IEC 10646, and instructs its editor to add it to the cumulative list of characters for future processing

RESOLUTION M30.11 (Ideographic Vertical Extension): Unanimous

With reference to documents N 1359 and N 1379 on Ideographic Vertical Extension, WG 2 provisionally accepts the proposed 6608 characters and their shapes, with the understanding that the proposal will be completed by IRG, and invites the national bodies and its liaison organizations to review and comment on document N 1359 and provide feedback to the IRG rapporteur before the next IRG meeting (IRG-7) 24--28 June 1996 in Hong Kong.

RESOLUTION M30.12 (Horizontal Supplementation): Unanimous

With reference to IRG's request for instructions in document N 1358 on Ideographic Horizontal Supplementation, WG 2 instructs IRG to continue its work on the subject addressing the concerns on whether the source-code separation rule was properly applied.

RESOLUTION M30.13 (IRG Meetings): Unanimous

WG 2 approves the meetings IRG - 7 scheduled for 24--28 June 1996 in Hong Kong, and IRG - 8 scheduled for 13--17 January 1997 in Singapore.

RESOLUTION M30.14 (pDAM-6 on Tibetan): Unanimous

WG 2 instructs its editor to create a disposition of comments document. It should be based on the pDAM-6 ballot responses in documents N 1295 and N 1314, and on the agreements reached at WG 2 meeting.M-30. WG 2 further instructs its editor to prepare a revised text of pDAM-6 reflecting the disposition of comments, and with camera ready copy of the code table to be provided by China, and forward it to SC2 secretariat for further processing in JTC1 as a draft Amendment to ISO/IEC 10646-1: 1993 (E).

RESOLUTION M30.15 (Mongolian script): Unanimous

WG 2 accepts documents N 1368 and N 1383 on Mongolian script, including the next scheduled meeting of the ad hoc group early August 1996, in Beijing, China, and invites national bodies and liaison organizations to participate.

RESOLUTION M30.16 (Future Meetings): Unanimous

WG2 confirms the following future meeting schedule:

Meeting no. 31: 12 to 16 August 1996, in Quebec City, Canada (the week prior to WG 3 and SC 2 meetings)

Meeting no. 32: 20 to 24 January 1997, in Singapore (backup USA - Seattle or San Francisco area)

Meeting no. 33: 23 to 27 June 1997, in Cyprus (backup Greece or Ireland)

RESOLUTION M30.17 (Appreciation): by Acclamation

WG2 thanks the Danish Standards Association, the Danish Ministry of Research and Information Technology, Kommunedata, the Danish UNIX Systems User Group (DKUUG) and their staff for hosting the meeting, providing secretarial and administrative support and especially for its outstanding hospitality.

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