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Iso/Iec Jtc 1/Sc 2/Wg 2 N4800r ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 N4800R DATE: 2017-10-03 Agenda – Meeting # 66 Agenda for the 66th Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC2/WG2, Hohot, China, 2017-September 25-29 Topic (Document No.) Proposed Outcome 1. Opening and roll call (N4892) Update Distribution List 2. Approval of the agenda (N4800-this) Approved agenda 3. Approval of minutes of meeting 65 (N4873) Approved Minutes 4. Review action items from previous meeting (N4873-AI) Updated Action Item List 5. JTC1 and ITTF matters FYI 6. SC2 matters: 6.1 Summary of voting on 10646 5th edition DIS (SC2/N4506) FYI 6.2 Disposition of comments on ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition (N4777) Adoption 6.3 Considerations on PDAM and CD development process (SC2/4549, N4891, N4903) 7. WG2 matters 7.1 Text for 10646 5th edition PDAM1.2 (SC2/N4512) FYI 7.2 Summary of voting on 10646 5th edition PDAM1.2 (SC2/N4518) FYI 7.3 Disposition of comments, 10646 5th edition PDAM1.2, draft (N4794) , final (N4823) Adoption 7.4 Summary of voting on 10646 5th edition PDAM1.3 (SC2/N4546) FYI 7.5 Disposition of comments, 10646 5th edition PDAM1.3, draft (N4857) , final (N4870), Khitan Small script adhoc (N4905) Adoption 7.6 Summary of voting on 10646 5th edition PDAM2 (SC2/N4547) FYI 7.7 Disposition of comments, 10646 5th edition PDAM2, draft (N4858) , final (N4871) Adoption 7.8 Roadmap Snapshot (Roadmap), accessed May 16, 2017 FYI 7.9 DAM1 draft code chart (N4872) Review 7.10 Meeting #66 recommendations (N4874) Adoption 7.11 PDAM2.2 draft code chart (N4904) Review 8. IRG status and reports 8.1 IRG #47 Matsuyama Japan, and #48 Seoul Korea, Summary reports (N4829) FYI 8.2 IRG #47 Recommendations – Matsuyama, Japan 2016/10/18-21 (IRG/N2180) FYI 8.3 IRG #48 Recommendations – Greater Seoul Area, Korea, 2017/06/19-23 (N4828) FYI 8.4 IRG Principles and Procedures (IRG PnP) Version 10 (N4833) FYI 9. Script contributions related to ballots: 9.1 Related to and incorporated into PDAM 1.2 9.1.1 Future Additions to ISO/IEC 10646 (November 2016) – (N4809) 9.1.2 Proposal to encode the TELUGU SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE (N4798) 9.1.3 Proposal to encode Eris and Sedna Symbols (N4801) 9.1.4 Proposal to encode Chakma Letter LHAA, Dependent Vowel Signs AA & EI (N4802) 9.1.5 Proposal to encode Hiragana and Katakana Small Letter KO (N3987) 9.1.6 Feedback for the two proposals to encode additional small kana characters (N4803) 9.1.7 Proposal to encode Mayan numerals (N4804) 9.1.8 Further emoji additions for Unicode 10, consolidated proposal (N4805) 9.2 Related to and incorporated into PDAM 1.3 9.2.1 Future Additions to ISO/IEC 10646 (January 2017) – (N4810) 9.2.2 Proposal to encode Armenian Phonetic Characters (N4806) 9.2.3 Proposal to add Hebrew YOD TRIANGLE (N4807) 9.2.4 Proposal to encode the SANDHI MARK for Bengali (N4808) 9.2.5 Proposal to encode one historical Mongolian letter for Buryat (N4781) 9.2.6 Proposal to encode symbols for chess notation (N4783R2) 9.2.7 Feedback on Extra Aspect Symbols for Astrology (N4811) 9.2.8 Additional Characters for Kharoṣṭhī Script (N4812) 9.2.9 Revised proposal to encode Hanifi Rohingya (N4813) 9.2.10 Proposal to encode the Old Sogdian script (N4814) 9.2.11 Revised proposal to encode the Sogdian script (N4815) 9.2.12 Proposal to encode the SANDHI MARK for Newa (N4816) 9.2.13 Additional repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2017 Amendment 1.3 (N4824) 9.3 Related to and incorporated into PDAM 2 9.3.1 Future Additions to ISO/IEC 10646 (May 2017) – (N4817) 9.3.2 A method for encoding Egyptian quadrats in Unicode (N4818) 9.3.3 Proposal for the encoding of an Egyptological YOD and Ugaritic characters (N4792R2 and N3487) 9.3.4 Proposal to encode the Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong script (N4780R3) 9.3.5 Revised proposal to encode heterodox chess symbols (N4784R2) 9.3.6 Revised proposal for the addition of Georgian characters (N4712) 9.3.7 Final proposal to encode Nandinagari (N4819, replaces N4389) 9.3.8 Proposal to encode a nasal character in Vedic Extensions (N4820) 9.3.9 Proposal to encode the Marca Registrada sign (N4821) 9.3.10 Finalized proposal to encode Tamil fractions and symbols (N4822, replaces N4433) 9.3.11 Additional repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2017 Amendment 2.1 (N4825) 9.4 Related to PDAM2 9.4.1 Japanese National Body Contribution on Small Kana Characters (N4826) 10 Script contributions not related to ballots 10.1 Carried Forward or UTC preliminary 10.1.1 Scripts and new blocks Afáka N4292 Brusha L2/17-183 Bagam N4293 Buginese extensions L2/16-159 Balti ‘B’ N4016 Chinese Chess Symbols N3910 Balti scripts N3842 Dhives Akuru L2/17-292 Bima L2/16-119 Diwani Siyaq Numbers N4122 Eebee Hmong N4668 Obsolete Simplified Chinese Ideographs N3695 Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extension N4751 Old Yi N3288 Elymaean L2/17-226 Oracle Bone N4687 Garay N4709 Ottoman Siyaq N4124 Jurchen N4077 Palaeohispanic L2/17-129 Kawi N4266 Pau Cin Hau Syllabary L2/16-014 Kerinci L2/16-074 Persian Siyaq N4125 Khambu Rai N4018 Proto-Cuneiform N4760 Khatt-i Baburi N4130 Pungchen L2/17-181 Khotanese L2/15-022 Pyu N3874 Khwarezmian L2/17-054 Ranjana N4515 Kpelle N3762 Sumbawa L2/16-096 Kulitan L2/15-232 Tigalari L2/16-241 Lampung L2/16-073 Tocharian L2/15-236 Landa N3768 Tolong Siki N3811 Leke N4438 Vexillology symbols L2/17-089 Lota Ende L2/16-076 Western Cham N4734 Mandombe L2/16-077R Woleai N4146 Moon N4128 Zou N4044 Mwangwego N4323 10.2 New Scripts or Blocks 10.2.1 Shuowen Small Seal: 10.2.1.1 Current Proposal (N4688) 10.2.1.2 Using Variation selectors (N4716) 10.2.1.3 Feedback on N4716 (N4755 from TCA, N4855 support of N4755 from China ) 10.2.1.4 Design issues (N4834 from Suzuki and Cook), 10.2.1.5 Feedback on N4834: (N4843 from TCA and China), (N4844 from Selena Wei and Eiso Chan), (N4852 from Cook) 10.2.1.6 Taipei Ad hoc resolutions (N4853) 10.2.2 Towards an encoding of Loma (N4786), Cumulative chart of the Loma script (N4837) 10.2.3 Revised proposal to encode the Wancho script (N4787) 10.2.4 Towards an encoding of the Jurchen script and implications for Khitan Small Script (N4795) 10.2.5 Towards the ordering of the Shuishu script (N4839), ad hoc report (N4894) 10.2.6 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Vithkuqi script in the SMP (N4854) 10.2.7 Preliminary Proposal on Encoding Southwest China Minority Hieroglyphs, Part 1 Muya, Part 2 Namuz (N4856), Ersu Hieroglyphs (N4901) 10.2.8 Report on the Garay script (N4875), proposal is N4709 10.2.9 Report on the Bété script (N4876) 10.2.10 Naxi Dongba, original (N4043), from Fang Guoyu's dictionary (N4877), from Li Lincan’s dictionary (N4878), ad hoc report (N4895), new tables (N4898) 10.2.11 Naxi Geba, from Fang Guoyu's dictionary (N4886), from Li Lincan’s dictionary (N4887) 10.2.12 Revised proposal to encode the Cypro-Minoan script in the SMP (N4733) 10.3 Additions to Existing Scripts or Blocks 10.3.1 Future Additions to ISO/IEC 10646 (July/August 2017) (N4869) 10.3.2 Comments on WG2 #66 documents (N4885) 10.3.3 Proposal on 3 China's UNCs for Chemical Terminology (N4830) 10.3.4 Proposal to add two UNC for Chemical Terminology to URO (N4832) 10.3.5 Proposal to add two UNC from Japan (N4831) 10.3.6 Proposal to encode three uppercase Latin letters used in early Pinyin (N4782) 10.3.7 Proposal to add Latin Letter Thorn with Diagonal Stroke (N4836) 10.3.8 Proposal to add Latin Letter Anglicana W (N4838) 10.3.9 Proposal to add five Latin Tironian letters (N4841) 10.3.10 Proposal to add two Sinological Latin letters (N4842) 10.3.11 Proposal to add Miao characters (N4845) 10.3.12 Proposal to encode the TELUGU SIGN SIDDHAM (N4860) 10.3.13 Revised Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali (N4861) 10.3.14 Proposal to encode the DOGRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR (N4862) 10.3.15 Revised proposal to encode NEPTUNE FORM TWO (N4863) 10.3.16 Character submission HELLSCHREIBER PAUSE SYMBOL (N4864) 10.3.17 Proposal to encode the NEWA LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA (N4865) 10.3.18 Proposal to encode 116B8 TAKRI LETTER ARCHAIC KHA (N4866) 10.3.19 Proposal to encode JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIYA for Soyombo (N4867) 10.3.20 Revised proposal to add Southern Song forms of counting rods as separate characters (N4868) 10.3.21 Proposal to encode two marks for ancient Chinese texts (N4847) 10.3.22 Preliminary proposal to encode old Chinese lute notation (N4848) 10.3.23 Preliminary proposal to encode old Chinese flute notation (N4849) 10.3.24 Feedbacks on N4848 (Chinese lute notations) and N4849 (Chinese flute notations) (N4899) 10.3.25 Tangut character additions and glyph corrections (N4896), see also Tangut additions (N4851) and Glyph Corrections (N4850) 10.3.26 Future Additions to ISO/IEC 10646 (N4888) 10.3.27 Recommendations from ESC for 2018, Part 1 (Emoji candidates) (N4846) 10.3.28 Proposal to add two characters for Medieval Cornish (N4902) 10.3.29 Proposal to encode an Indalo symbol (N4745) 10.3.30 Proposal to encode an Ichthys symbol (N4746) 10.4 Miscellaneous Proposals 10.4.1 Mongolian 10.4.1.1 Background: N1515, N1622, N1711, N1734, N1833, N1862, N1865, N1878, N1917, N1965, N1972, N2011 10.4.1.2 Proposal additions for Mongolian in 5th edition of UCS (N4880) 10.4.1.3 Preliminary comments on N4880 (N4881) 10.4.1.4 Script Ad hoc recommendations on Mongolian Text Model (N4882) 10.4.1.5 A mixed encoding scheme for the Mongolian block (N4883) 10.4.1.6 Positional mismatches in Mongolian block (N4884) 10.4.1.7 A graphetic approach for the Mongolian encoding model (N4889) 10.4.1.8 On migration issues of the graphetic model (N4890) 10.4.1.9 Agenda Mongolian ad hoc meeting, Hohot sep 23-25 2017 (N4897) 10.4.1.10 Mongolian Hohot ad hoc report (N4893) 10.4.1.11 Mongolian Unicode 10 Core spec, Mongolian (section 13.2, page 528-536) 10.4.1.12 Considerations on Mongolian code charts (N4900) 11 Architecture issues 12 Publication issues 12.1 Considerations concerning the publication of ISO/IEC 10646 5th Edition (N4859) Review 13 Defect reports 13.1 TBD 14 Liaison Reports and new requests 14.1 Unicode Consortium 14.2 IETF 14.3 SC22 14.4 W3C 14.5 SEI (N4879) 14.6 SAT 15 Other business 15.1 Web site review 16 Future meetings: 16.1 Meeting 67 – June 18-22 2018 – London, UK, hosted by SOAS, to be confirmed by BSI, USA backup 16.2 Meeting 68 – June 2019 – USA West Coast (Canada backup) 17 Closing 17.1 Approval of Recommendations of meeting 66 17.2 Adjournment .
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