CLDR Survey Tool Open for Beta Testing
The Unicode CLDR Technical Committee is pleased to announce the opening of the CLDR Survey Tool for beta testing for Version 26 of CLDR, on May 1, 2014. CLDR provides key building blocks for software...
View ArticleCLDR v26 open for data submission
The Unicode CLDR Technical Committee is pleased to announce the opening of the CLDR Survey Tool for data submission for Version 26 of CLDR, on May 13, 2014. We plan to allow data submission until June...
View ArticleNew version of Unicode Ideographic Variation Database released
The Unicode Consortium is pleased to announce the release of version 2014-05-16 of the Unicode Ideographic Variation Database (IVD). This release registers the new Moji_Joho collection, along with the...
View ArticleUnicode Security Data: Beta Review
The documents and data for two Public Review Issues have been recently revised. The issues are PRI #272 Proposed Update UTR #36, Unicode Security Considerations and PRI #273 Proposed Update UTS #39,...
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Announcing The Unicode Standard, Version 7.0
Version 7.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available, adding 2,834 new characters. This latest version adds the new currency symbols for the Russian ruble and Azerbaijani manat, approximately 250 emoji...
View ArticleFeedback on repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2014 (4th Edition, Amendment 2)
The Unicode Technical Committee is soliciting feedback on pending additions to the draft repertoire of characters, to help discover any errors in character names, incorrect glyphs, or other problems....
View ArticleReconciling Script and Script_Extensions Character Properties
The Unicode Technical Committee would like to eliminate some ambiguity in the assignment of the character properties Script and Script_Extensions and is seeking input from developers. There are...
View ArticleProposed Update UTR #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout
UTR #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout, is being reissued with minor updates to the text and with a set of data updated to the character repertoire of Unicode Version 7.0. For details on the proposed...
View ArticleNew Publication Schedule for The Unicode Standard
The Unicode Consortium has changed its publication schedule for versions of the Unicode Standard. Starting with the recent Version 7.0, a new major version of the Unicode Standard will be published...
View ArticlePRI #279: Proposed Update UAX #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
The proposed update for Unicode 8.0 addresses three issues where the bidirectional algorithm, as written, did not produce the intended results in certain specific cases. Details and justification for...
View ArticlePRI #280: UTR #23, The Unicode Character Property Model
UTR #23, The Unicode Character Property Model, is being updated, to bring it back into synchronization with the latest release of the Unicode Standard. All citations to definitions from the conformance...
View ArticlePRI #281: Proposed encoding model change for New Tai Lue
The UTC is considering a significant change to the encoding model for New Tai Lue script from logical order to visual order for Unicode 8.0. Details of the proposal are in the background document....
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IUC 38 Keynote Presenter Announced
KEYNOTE PRESENTER ANNOUNCED!Dr. Mark Davis Unicode President and Co-Founder The Unicode Consortium has announced that its president and co-founder, Dr. Mark Davis, will deliver the keynote address at...
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CLDR Version 26 Released
Unicode CLDR 26 has been released, providing an update to the key building blocks for software supporting the world's languages. This data is used by a wide spectrum of companies for their software...
View ArticleNew version of UTR #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout released
A new revision of UTR #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout, has been released. The data tables have been updated, to bring them into line with Unicode 7.0. A few additional changes in the property values...
View ArticleProposed Update UAXes for Unicode 8.0
Proposed updates for several of the Unicode Standard Annexes for Version 8.0 of the Unicode Standard have been posted for public review. See http://www.unicode.org/review/ for details and links to the...
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Updated Unicode Security Specifications and Guidelines
The major Unicode security-related specifications and guidelines have been updated for Unicode 7.0. The security-related data files have undergone a major revision to improve their algorithmic...
View ArticleUnicode Version 7.0 - Complete Text of the Core Specification Published
Mountain View, CA, October 8, 2014 - The Unicode® Consortium announces the publication of the core specification for Unicode 7.0. The Version 7.0 core specification contains significant changes:Major...
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New Unicode Emoji draft, available for review
The Unicode Consortium has released the draft “Unicode Emoji” document, whose main goal is to help improve the interoperability of emoji characters across implementations by providing guidelines and...
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New Emoji Candidates for Unicode 8.0
The Unicode Consortium has accepted 37 new emoji characters as candidates for Unicode 8.0, scheduled for mid-2015. These are candidates—not yet finalized—so some may not appear in the release. There...
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