The UTC will be conducted as a hybrid online/in-person meeting. See the meeting logistics page for details.
Most topics are organized into categories according to working groups that have discussed topics in advance and provided recommendations. UTC discussions for the topic categories are pre-scheduled. Specific topics within each category will be discussed within the scheduled time window. In general, the schedule for individual topics may be fluid. In certain cases, however, specific topics may be scheduled for a specific time: see Scheduled Activies below.
See the meeting logistics page for a schedule summary.
Quorum will be verified each morning and throughout the meeting. All members need to make proxy designations in advance.
Dates and times shown are Pacific Standard time (UTC-08:00).
Scheduled Activities
The following individual topics are scheduled for discussion at specific times.
| Agenda item / Topic | Document | Day and Time |
|---|---|---|
| G. Emoji | -- | Tuesday, 1:30 pm |
| F.8 Text Terminal Working Group report | -- | Wednesday, 10:45 am |
| E. CJK & Unihan | -- | Wednesday, 3:00 pm |
A. Administrative Topics
Schedule: Tuesday, 10:30 am; Wednesday 10:30 am; Thursday 9:30 am & afternoon
A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies
A.2 Agenda review
A.3 Approval of minutes of prior meeting [L2/23-231]
A.4 Action item review
A.5 Calendar review [Calendar]
A.6 PRI closing dates [Public Review Issues]
A.7 INCITS/CS&I representatives
B. Liaison Reports & Technical Topics
Schedule: Tuesday morning & afternoon; Wednesday morning & afternoon; Thursday morning
B.1 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2
B.1.1 Disposition of comments on CDAM2.3 to ISO/IEC 10646 6th edition (WG2/N5245) [Michel Suignard, L2/24-016]
B.1.2 ISO/IEC CD 14651 (Ed.7) Information technology — International string ordering and comparison (= SC2/N4890) [SC2, L2/23-282]
B.1.3 Disposition of comments on CD TR 2375 (SC2/N4892)
B.2 IRG (see also IRG topics under E.1)
B.3 ICU
B.3.1 ICU-TC
B.3.2 ICU4X-TC
B.4 CLDR
B.5 ISO TC 37/SC 2
B.5.1 Future of ISO 12199
B.6 IETF / ICANN
B.7 SEI Liaison Report [Anderson, L2/24-014]
B.8 INFITT
B.9 LSA
B.10 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22
B.11 ISO TC 46
B.12 ECMA TC 39
B.13 Unicode Administration, Infrastructure Group
C. Editorial Committee
Schedule: Tuesday morning
C.1 Editorial Committee Report and Recommendations for UTC #178 Meeting [EDC, L2/24-010]
- Unicode 16.0
- Core specification future development
- Editorial Committee processes
- Comments on Public Review Issues (October 11, 2023 – January 8, 2024) routed to Editorial Committee [Rick McGowan, L2/24-008]
D. Scripts
Schedule: Wednesday afternoon; Thursday morning & afternoon
D.1 Recommendations to UTC #178 January 2024 on Script Proposals [Anderson, et al, L2/24-013]
Discussion led by Script Ad-Hoc chair, Debbie Anderson, and vice-chair, Roozbeh Pournader
D.1.1 Proposals requiring UTC action
Topics requiring UTC action:
- Proposal for encoding the Beria Erfe (Zaghawa) script in the SMP [Siddick Adam Issa et al, L2/24-004]
- Encoding proposal for an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire [Michel Suignard, L2/23-181R2]
- Proposed Draft UAX #57, Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyph Database (Unikemet)—see D.4
- Proposal to encode eight more Arabic honorifics [Roozbeh Pournader, et al, L2/24-002]
- Report on Kashmiri Yeh (revised) [Manish Goregaokar, L2/23-273]
- Propose to Add Script_Extension for some CJK Punctuations [CheonHyeong Sim, L2/23-272]
- Kirat Rai and Tulu-Tigalari: encoding model for vowel signs—see also F.1
- Comparison of Sunuwar font in Unicode proposal to font developed for Sunuwar Welfare Society [Neil Patel, L2/24-022]
- Addition of Kannada to Script Extensions of U+1CD3 VEDIC SIGN NIHSHVASA [Srinidhi A, Sridatta A, L2/24-024]
- Proposal to Encode One Manchu Letter [CheonHyeong Sim, et al, L2/24-025]
- Proposal to add an annotation to BATAK LETTER KARO BA [Ben Yang, L2/23-275]
- Unicode request for digits with slashes used in figured bass [Gavin Jared Bala, Kirk Miller, L2/23-277]
- Unicode request for one chess symbol [Gavin Jared Bala, Kirk Miller, L2/24-018]
- Propose to Change BidiMirroring property for U+226D [CheonHyeong Sim, L2/23-274] (see also F.1)
- Unicode request for shatranj symbols [Gavin Jared Bala, Kirk Miller, L2/24-020]
- Unicode request for three musical symbols (revised) [Gavin Jared Bala, Kirk Miller, L2/23-278]
- Unicode request for Stein-Zimmermann quarter-tone accidentals [Gavin Jared Bala, Kirk Miller, L2/23-276]
- Bamum character name (U+1680B)—see D.5.2, F.1
- Provisionally assigned character names—see D.5.1
- Request for additions to ScriptExtensions [Roozbeh Pournader, L2/23-280]
- Do Not Emit (16.0.0) [Roozbeh Pournader, L2/24-021]
- Requirements and Process for Changing Script Status for Identifier Use [Asmus Freytag, L2/24-019]
D.1.2 Documents not requiring UTC action
Other script documents
- Additional comments on L2/21-115 (Proposal for modifying the Old Hungarian block) [Deborah Anderson, Viktor Kovács, L2/24-003]
- Article on Old Hungarian letters for Q, X, Y [Viktor Kovács, Deborah Anderson, L2/23-067]
- Cuneiform—see D.3
- Proposal to add the Ethereum symbol to Unicode [Josh Rudolf, Justin Drake, L2/24-023]
- Revised request to change glyphs of four Kannada characters [Srinidhi A, Sridatta A, L2/23-216]
- Bété (Ivorian alphabet) working document [Adam Yeo, et al, L2/23-279]
D.2 PRI #487: Proposed Update UAX #53, Unicode Arabic Mark Rendering
Documents:
- PRI #487: Proposed Update UAX #53, Unicode Arabic Mark Rendering
- Proposed Update UAX #53, Unicode Arabic Mark Rendering (snapshot) [Roozbeh Pournader, et al, L2/24-029]
D.3 PRI #485: Draft UTR #56, Unicode Cuneiform Sign Lists
Documents:
- PRI #485: Draft UTR #56, Unicode Cuneiform Sign Lists
- Draft UTR #56, Unicode Cuneiform Sign Lists (snapshot) [Robin Leroy, L2/24-028]
D.4 PRI #493: Proposed Draft UAX #57, Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyph Database (Unikemet)
Documents:
- PRI #493: Proposed Draft UAX #57, Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyph Database (Unikemet)
- Proposed Draft UAX #57, Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyph Database (Unikemet) (snapshot) [Michel Suignard, L2/24-035]
D.5 Feedback
E. CJK and Unihan
Schedule: Wednesday 3:00 pm
Discussion led by CJK and Unihan Group chair, Ken Lunde
E.1 CJK & Unihan Group Recommendations for UTC #178 Meeting [Ken Lunde, L2/24-012]
Topics:
- GB 18030-2022 Amendment, Draft 3 + Disposition of Comments, Draft 2 [China NB, L2/23-271]
- Public review feedback: PRI #483 Proposed Update UAX #38 (see E.2)
- Comments on Public Review Issues (October 11, 2023 – January 8, 2024) routed to CJK and Unihan Group [Rick McGowan, L2/24-008]
- UAX #38 Unicode Han Database (Unihan) (see also E.2)
Documents:
- Proposal to add an RSIndex.txt data file to each release of the Unicode Standard [Ken Lunde, L2/23-211]
- Corrections of existing kVietnamese values [Vietnam NB / Lee Collins, Alexandre Lê, L2/23-251]
- Feedback on year-2022 proposed kMandarin changes/additions for 285 characters [Sharon Chen, L2/23-269]
- Feedback on year-2022 proposed kMandarin additions for 230 characters [Sharon Chen, L2/24-017]
- Disposition of comments on CDAM2.3 to ISO/IEC 10646 6th edition [WG2 N5245] [Michel Suignard, L2/24-016] (See also B.1.1)
- UAX #45, U-source Ideographs (see also E.3)
Documents:
- Proposal to add one character used for one kind of Hakka snack to UAX #45 [Eiso Chan, L2/23-285]
- Other topics / documents
Documents / topics:
- Update Suzhou numerals in CJK Symbols font [Night Koo, L2/23-281]
- Proposal to add a property for auto inter-script spacing [Koji Ishii, Yasuo Kida, L2/23-283]
- Proposal to encode two small form CJK characters for Chinese [Andrew West, Eiso Chan, L2/23-284]
- CJK & Unihan Group Vice-Chair
- Unihan Tools & Processes
- Updated provisional Unihan properties
E.2 PRI #483 Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
Documents:
- PRI #483 Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
- Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (snapshot) [Ken Lunde, Richard Cook, L2/24-026]
- Accumulated Feedback on PRI #483
E.3 PRI #484 Proposed Update UAX #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout
Documents:
- PRI #484 Proposed Update UAX #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout
- Proposed Update UAX #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout (snapshot) [Ken Lunde, Koji Ishii, L2/24-027]
F. Properties and Algorithms
Schedule: Tuesday afternoon, Thursday morning
F.1 PAG: UTC #178 properties feedback & recommendations [Markus Scherer, et al, L2/24-009]
Topics / documents:
- Core spec: Improvements for variation selectors
- UCD: Propose to Change BidiMirroring property for U+226D [CheonHyeong Sim, L2/23-274] (See also D.1.1)
- UCD/Indic: Consistency of InSC and Alpha/Dia/Ext
- UCD: Review the assignment of the Extender property for gemination or length marks
- UCD/gc: Characters that do not show an explicit mark in a span of Japanese wakiten
- UCD: Name of U+1680B
- UCD: PropertyValueAliases for Teh_Marbuta_Goal / Hamza_On_Heh_Goal
- UCDXML (See F.4.)
- Review of new script & character proposals
- Normalization: Kirat Rai, Tulu-Tigalari, Gurung Khema vowel signs
- Segmentation: UAX #14 LB28a -- confusing use of literal value
- Segmentation: UAX #14 LB9 is unclear about CM|ZWJ
- Segmentation: Error in UAX #29 STerm definition
- Segmentation: KIRAT RAI VOWEL SIGN AU and Grapheme_Cluster_Break
- Segmentation: Legacy grapheme clusters and canonical equivalence
- IDNA: IDNA2008 status of U+19DA
- IDNA: UTS #46 and disallowing of IDCs
- Security: UTS #39 typos
- Comments on Public Review Issues (October 11, 2023 – January 8, 2024) routed to Properties and Algorithms Group [Rick McGowan, L2/24-008]
F.2 Feedback on L2/23-286, "Unicode core spec improvements for variation selectors" [Norbert Lindenberg, L2/24-039]
F.3 Proposed updates to Unicode Standard Annexes
Topics:
F.3.1 PRI #490: Proposed Update UAX #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm
Documents:
- PRI #490: Proposed Update UAX #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm
- Proposed Update UAX #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm (snapshot) [Robin Leroy, L2/24-032]
F.3.2 PRI #494: Proposed Update UAX #29, Unicode Text Segmentation
Documents:
- PRI #94: Proposed Update UAX #29, Unicode Text Segmentation
- Proposed Update UAX #29, Unicode Text Segmentation (snapshot) [Josh Hadley, L2/24-036]
- Accumulated Feedback on PRI #494
F.3.3 PRI #491: Proposed Update UAX #31, Unicode Identifiers and Syntax
Documents:
- PRI #491: Proposed Update UAX #31, Unicode Identifiers and Syntax
- Proposed Update UAX #31, Unicode Identifiers Syntax (snapshot) [Mark Davis, Robin Leroy, L2/24-033]
F.3.4 PRI #489: Proposed Update UAX #44, Unicode Character Database
Documents:
- PRI #89: Proposed Update UAX #44, Unicode Character Database
- Proposed Update UAX #44, Unicode Character Database (snapshot) [Ken Whistler, L2/24-031]
- Accumulated Feedback on PRI #489
F.4 PRI #486: Stabilization of UAX #42, Unicode Character Database in XML (UCDXML)
Documents:
F.5 PRI #488: Proposed Update UTS #10, Unicode Collation Algorithm
Documents:
- PRI #488: Proposed Update UTS #10, Unicode Collation Algorithm
- Proposed Update UTS #10, Unicode Collation Algorithm (snapshot) [Ken Whistler, Markus Scherer, L2/24-030]
F.6 PRI #492: Proposed Update UTS #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms
Documents:
- PRI #492: Proposed Update UTS #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms
- Proposed Update UTS #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms (snapshot) [Mark Davis, Michel Suignard, L2/24-034]
F.7 PRI #495: Proposed Update UTS #55, Unicode Source Code Handling
Documents:
- PRI #495: Proposed Update UTS #55, Unicode Source Code Handling
- Proposed Update UTS #55, Unicode Source Code Handling (snapshot) [Robin Leroy, Mark Davis, L2/24-037]
F.8 Text Terminal Working Group report [Dustin Howett]
Schedule: Wednesday 9:40 am
G. Emoji
Schedule: Tuesday 1:30 pm
Discussion led by Emoji Subcommittee chair, Jennifer Daniel
G.1 Emoji Subcommittee Report for UTC #178 (2024Q1) [ESC/Jennifer Daniel, L2/24-011]
Topics:
G.2 PRI #496: Proposed Update UTS #51, Unicode Emoji
H. Unicode Release Management
Schedule: Wednesday morning, Thursday afternoon
H.1 Release Management Group Report to UTC #178 [RMG/Peter Constable, L2/24-015]
I. Other business
I.1 Other feedback
Schedule: Thursday, later afternoon
Documents:
- Comments on Public Review Issues (October 11, 2023 – January 8, 2024) [Rick McGowan, L2/24-008]