After the last Unicode Technical Committee meeting, there were some public review issues <https://www.unicode.org/review/> posted. PRIs are a way that UTC uses to solicit input and feedback on specific proposals or work in progress. The input period for these PRIs ends January 2, 2024. (Time is needed before the next UTC meeting to process the feedback.) That means we're almost halfway through the public review period.
Here's a summary of the five open PRIs: PRI #483: <https://www.unicode.org/review/pri483/> Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)<https://www.unicode.org/review/pri483/> — UAX #38 describes the many properties Unicode provides for CJK ideographs. This is a draft update of this spec for Unicode 16.0. PRI #484: <https://www.unicode.org/review/pri484/> Proposed Update UAX #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout <https://www.unicode.org/review/pri484/> — UAX #50 describes how characters should be adjusted between horizontal and vertical layout. This is a draft update of this spec for Unicode 16.0. PRI #485: <https://www.unicode.org/review/pri485/> Draft UTR #56, Unicode Cuneiform Sign Lists<https://www.unicode.org/review/pri485/> — This is a draft for a new technical report that will provide additional data that will aid in the use of the Unicode encoding for Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform script<https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U12000.pdf>. PRI #486: <https://www.unicode.org/review/pri486/> Stabilization of UAX #42, Unicode Character Database in XML (UCDXML)<https://www.unicode.org/review/pri486/> — UAX #42 provides the data for the Unicode Character Database in XML format. (UCD is character property data for use in processing algorithms that is provide with each version of Unicode. This PRI is for feedback on a planned UTC action to freeze UAX #42 as of Unicode 15.1. PRI #487: Proposed Update UAX #53 Unicode Arabic Mark Rendering<https://www.unicode.org/review/pri487/> — This specification was previously published as a Unicode Technical Report. This is a draft for changing the status of the spec, to make it formally part of The Unicode Standard as a Unicode Standard Annex (UAX) starting in Unicode 16.0. UTC invites you to please take a look and provide feedback on these issues. Peter Constable UTC Chair
