Unicode encoding policy
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:07 pm
Unicode encoding policy
There is a document.
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14250.htm
Within the document, the following are interesting items.
E.1.7 Emoji Additions: popular requests [Edberg, Davis, L2/14-272]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
Later, in the same document is the following.
E.1.7 Emoji Additions: popular requests [Edberg, Davis, L2/14-272R]
[141-C6] Consensus: Add the block U+1F900..U+1F9FF Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs for Unicode version 8.0.
The referenced document contains links to various requests and petitions for additional emoji characters.
In the referenced document, within section C, is the following.
5. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community?
No
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This appears to be a major change in encoding policy.
This, in my opinion, is a welcome, progressive change in policy that allows new characters for use in a pure electronic technology to be added into regular Unicode without a requirement to first establish widespread use by using an encoding within a Unicode Private Use Area.
William Overington
23 December 2014
There is a document.
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14250.htm
Within the document, the following are interesting items.
E.1.7 Emoji Additions: popular requests [Edberg, Davis, L2/14-272]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
Later, in the same document is the following.
E.1.7 Emoji Additions: popular requests [Edberg, Davis, L2/14-272R]
[141-C6] Consensus: Add the block U+1F900..U+1F9FF Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs for Unicode version 8.0.
The referenced document contains links to various requests and petitions for additional emoji characters.
In the referenced document, within section C, is the following.
5. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community?
No
----
This appears to be a major change in encoding policy.
This, in my opinion, is a welcome, progressive change in policy that allows new characters for use in a pure electronic technology to be added into regular Unicode without a requirement to first establish widespread use by using an encoding within a Unicode Private Use Area.
William Overington
23 December 2014