ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2 WG2 N4440

DATE: 31 May 2013 DOC TYPE: Working Group Document TITLE: SEI Liaison Report SOURCE: Deborah Anderson, Encoding Initiative, UC Berkeley STATUS: Liaison contribution ACTION: For consideration by WG2 DISTRIBUTION: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2

This document serves as a summary of the UC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative’s recent activities.

Proposals or documents currently submitted to the WG2 that have involved SEI assistance include:

 Preliminary proposal to encode (Pandey) [N4389]  Preliminary Code Chart for the (Pandey) [N4412]  Proposal to encode the Mongolian Square script (Pandey)[N4413]  Revised proposal to encode the (Pandey) [N4414]  Sharada Proposal to encode Bakhshali minus sign (Pandey) [N4416]  o Proposal to encode JAIN for Devanagari (Pandey) [N4408]

The following script are in the preliminary stage or are still undergoing research and are not yet ready for approval:

 Afáka (Everson) [N4292]  Bagam (Everson) [N4293]  Balti ‘A’ and Balti ʹBʹ (Pandey) [N4016, N3842]  Bhaiksuki (Pandey)  Book Pahlavi  Dhives Akuru script (Pandey) [N3848]  Coorgi‐Cox (Pandey) [N4287]  Garay (Everson) [N4261]  Gondi (Pandey) [N4291]  Jenticha (Pandey) [N4028]  Kawi (Pandey) [N4266]  Khambu Rai (Pandey) [N4018]  Khema Tamu Phri [Gurung] (Pandey) [N4019]  Kirat Rai (Pandey) [N4037]  Kpelle (Everson and Riley) [N3762]  Landa (Pandey) [N3768]

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 Loma (Everson)  Magar Akkha (Pandey) [N4036]  Mongolian Square Script (Pandey)  Mwangwego (Everson) [N4323]  Nandinagari (Pandey) [N4389]  Newar (Pandey) [N4184]  Pau Cin Hau Logographs (Pandey)  Pyu (Pandey) [N3874]  Rañjana (Pandey)  Rohingya (Pandey) [N4283]  Siyaq (4 blocks) (Pandey)  Tani Lipi (Pandey)  Tikamuli (Pandey) [N3963]  Tolong Siki (Pandey) [N3811]  Unifon (Everson) [N4262]  Woleai (Everson) [N4146]  Zou (Pandey) [N4044]

Other proposal topics are being investigated. Deborah Anderson currently is encouraging participation from Egyptologists on a project to encode Ptolemaic signs.

Other ongoing work includes assistance on the Nushu script proposal and research into other scripts that might be eligible.

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