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Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set UCS ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 IRG N1215 Date: 2006-06-08 Title: Report from the Old Hanzi Expert Group Source: Old Hanzi Expert Group Status: Input to IRG Action: Distribution: IRG Members and Ideographic Experts Reference: No. of pages: 7 Medium: Electronic The Old Hanzi Expert Group recapped the last report at IRG#25 meeting and discussed open issues in detail. This report is organized as follows: Revisit of the previous report Summary of discussions at this meeting Revised work plan for the development of Old Hanzi glyph repertoire. 1. Review of the document N1182 (Old Hanzi Expert Group Report at the IRG #25 Meeting): The Old Hanzi Expert Group has reviewed the document N1182 and reached the following agreements. 1 Revising N1182 (1) Item 2 of paragraph 1 in IRG N1182 should read: ‘(2) Compile a glyph repertoire: develop the glyph repertoire of Oracle Bone inscription to be submitted to WG2. (2) Paragraph 3 ‘Format Update’ has been amended as follows: Rep. Script/ ID Glyph Original Shape/ Glyph Source Period/ Epoch Area/ site Material SW Radical SW Radical Number Glyph Determ. (Liding ) * Corresp. Modern Char. (UCS Code) * Unifiable Shapes * Notes 1 2 There are four changes to the format: (a) The group decided that the last three columns are ‘optional’ field and they are indicated with an asterisk “*”, the other fields are mandatory. (b). The field “Corresp. Modern Char.” is changed to “Corresp. Modern Char. (UCS Code)”. (c). If the field “Corresp. Modern Char.(UCS Code)” is blank, then the “Notes field” must be filled with justifications to indicate the glyph is well-understood, for example, the meaning of the ‘Rep. Script / Glyph’. (d). For the field ‘Corresp. Modern Char.(UCS Code)’ there may be no corresponding Simplified character only corresponding Trad