The Unicode Technical Committee has posted three new issue for public
review and comment. Details are on the following web page:
http://www.unicode.org/review/
Review periods for the new items close on November 8, 2004.
Please see the page for links to discussion and relevant documents.
Briefly, the new issues are:
50 Proposed Update UTS #18 Unicode Regular Expressions
This is a proposed update to a previously approved Unicode Technical
Standard. The update includes some new notation, new notes on Compatibility
Properties, and other changes. The UTC is seeking public feedback on these
changes.
51 Proposed Update UAX #29 Text Boundaries
This is a proposed update to a previously approved Unicode Standard Annex.
It contains some important chnages in categories for some characters and
changes in linebreaking rules. The UTC is seeking public feedback on these
changes.
52 Proposed Draft UTR #36 Security Considerations
This draft Unicode Technical Report describes some of the security
considerations that should be taken into account by programmers, system
analysts, standards-developers, and others when implementing the Unicode
Standard and related technologies. The UTC is seeking public feedback on
this document.
In addition to the above new items, the document for Public Review Issue
#39 has been updated today, with minor changes:
39 Draft Unicode Technical Standard #31 Identifier and Pattern Syntax
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Regards,
Rick McGowan
Unicode, Inc.
