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ISO/ IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 - ISO/IEC 10646 - UCS
Latest update: 2010-08-18

Latest Contributions, post meeting 56,  can be accessed via the WG document register link include:

Number

T I T L E

D A T E
N3884 Spelling of CROSS POMMY in 1F540, 1F541, 1F542 2010-08-18
N3882 Proposal to add Arabic script characters for African and Asian languages 2010-08-12
N3881 Request to add two characters to the Vedic Extensions block 2010-07-26
N3880 Notification of JTC 1 Supplement [ISO/IEC Directives Supplement -- Procedures specific to JTC 1, First edition 2010] 2010-08-09
N3879 Notification of SC 2 Approval of SC 2 N 4144, Project Subdivision Proposal for ISO/IEC 10646 3rd Edition 2010-08-09
N3878 Notice of Publication: ISO/IEC 10646: 2003/Amd 7, Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 7: Mandaic, Batak, Brahmi, and other characters 2010-07-20
N3877 Proposal for encoding additional Miao characters in the SMP of the UCS 2010-08-08
N3876 Proposal to add archaic numbers for Sinhala to the BMP and SMP of the UCS 2010-08-08
N3875 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Nabataean script in the SMP of the UCS 2010-07-25
N3874 Preliminary Code Chart and Names List for the Pyu Script 2010-08-05
N3873

Proposal to add additional characters for Greek, Latin, and Coptic to the UCS

 2010-08-05
N3872 Proposal to encode an additional Linear A character in the UCS  
N3871 Proposal to Encode the Sindhi Script in ISO/IEC 10646  
N3870 Proposal to add two Tifinagh characters for vowels in Tuareg language variants  
N3869 Proposal to encode the Indian Rupee Symbol in the UCS  
N3868 India's National Currency Symbol  
N3867 Proposal for encoding the Palmyrene script in the SMP of the UCS  
N3866 Proposal to change the glyph of the DRACHMA SIGN  
N3865 Allocating the Pau Cin Hau Scripts in the Unicode Roadmap  
N3864 Introducing the Zolai Script 2010-08-02
N3863 Proposal for encoding the Mende script in the SMP of the UCS  
N3862 Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS  
N3861 Request for encoding 1CF3 VEDIC SIGN ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA  
N3860 Proposal to encode two Letterlike Symbols for Canadian legal use in the UCS  
N3859 Response to request to revise Annex I or WG2 P&P  
N3857 IRG 34 Resolutions  
N3856 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Elbasan script in the SMP  
N3855
 N3855-L		 1st Call Meeting 57 in Busan (Pusan), Korea (Republic of) - with editorial corrections
Invitation letter and Logistics details for Meeting 57		 2010-06-30
N3848 A preliminary proposal for the Dhives Akuru script  
N3847

Revised proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS - replaces N3839

  
N3846 Proposal to encode two missing modifier letters for Extended IPA  
N3845.zip Text for ISO/IEC 10646/FDAM 8, Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- AMENDMENT 8: Additional symbols, Bamum supplement, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D, and other characters  
N3844 Request for encoding 1CF4 VEDIC TONE CANDRA ABOVE  
N3843 Final Proposal to Encode Coptic Numbers in the UCS  
N3842 Preliminary proposals for the Balti scripts  
N3841 Preliminary proposals for the Gondi scripts  
N3840 Proposal to encode LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H WITH HOOK  
N3839 Proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS 2010-05-08
N3800.htm Document Register N3505 - N3872 (post Meeting 56)  
N3799 Proposal for Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols - updated 2010-08-01
N3798 Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Gangga Malayu Script  
N3774 Proposal for encoding the Linear A script in the SMP of the UCS - updated 2010-08-01

ISO/IEC   JTC1/SC2/WG2 is the international standardization working group for the coded character set UCS - the Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set - ISO/IEC 10646. The scope is to develop a universal multiple-octet coded character set that encompasses the world's scripts. This is Work Item JTC1.02.18 - ISO/IEC 10646.

WG2 has a Ideographic characters Rapporteur Group - IRG.

The document containing the Principles and Procedures for Allocation of New Characters and Scripts and handling of Defect Reports on Character Names, is available.  A form for submitting proposals for addition to the repertoire of ISO/IEC 10646 is also available.
Experts who submit contributions for new scripts should also consult the roadmap documents that show the placement of currently encoded scripts and candidate scripts for possible encoding in the standard.

 Approved international standards and other specifications that are now freely available include:
 
ISO/IEC 10646:2003(E)
ISO/CEI 10646:2003(F)		 Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)
Technologies de l'information -- Jeu universel de caractères codés sur plusieurs octets (JUC)
ISO/IEC 10646:2003/Amd.1:2005 Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 1: Glagolitic, Coptic, Georgian and other characters
ISO/IEC 10646:2003/Amd.2:2006 Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 2: N'Ko, Phags-pa, Phoenician and other characters
ISO/IEC 10646:2003/Amd.3:2008 Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 3: Lepcha, Ol Chiki, Saurashtra, Vai and other characters
ISO/IEC 10646:2003/Amd.4:2008 Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 4: Cham, Game Tiles, and other characters
ISO/IEC 10646:2003/Amd.5:2008 Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 5: AMENDMENT 5: Tai Tham, Tai Viet, Avestan, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C, and other characters
ISO/IEC 10646:2003/Amd.6:2009(E) Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 6: Bamum, Javanese, Lisu, Meetei Mayek, Samaritan, and other characters
ISO/IEC 10646:2003/Amd.7:2010(E)
New		 Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Amendment 7: Mandaic, Batak, Brahmi, and other characters
ISO/IEC TR 15285 An operational model for characters and glyphs

Work on projects and their milestones include:

If you want further information, or want to participate, please contact your national member body or one of the contact addresses of the WG.