[Unicode Announcement] New draft Unicode specifications for IDNA and Security

There are new drafts of Unicode specifications connected with IDNA and
Security:

* UTS #46: Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing
* UTS #39: Unicode Security Mechanisms
* UTR #36: Unicode Security Considerations

The major changes include the following:

http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr46/tr46-2.html

* Major rework based on the UTC and editorial committee decisions.
The text and specification are simplified considerably.
* The FAQ section was separated from the document and rewritten as
an independent FAQ page
* Draft data files were restructured
* Added a comparison table of IDNA2003, UTS46, and IDNA2008

/NOTE: IDNA2008 is not final, and the draft UTS46 may undergo changes
depending on the final form of IDNA2008/

http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr39/tr39-3.html

* The confusable data was revised to add data extracted from a
comparison of font data from Windows and Mac
* Additional mappings were also added, such as "rn" ~ "m"
* The characters recommended for identifiers were updated based on
UAX 31

http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr36/tr36-8.html

* Added new sections
o 3.6 Secure Encoding Conversion
o 3.7 Enabling Lossless Conversion to Unicode

The public review period for these specifications ends on January 26, 2010.

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http://www.unicode.org/reporting.html

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[Unicode Announcement] Two New Public Review Issues (UAX #15, UAX #44 Proposed Updates)

The Unicode Technical Committee has posted two new issues for public
review and comment. Details are on the following web page:

http://www.unicode.org/review/

Review period for the new items closes on January 26, 2010.

Please see the page for links to discussion and relevant documents.
Briefly, the new issues are:

Issue #151 Proposed Update UAX #44: Unicode Character Database
http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/tr44-5.html
This revision indicates the changed status of several properties as
Deprecated, adds tables listing Deprecated and Stabilized properties,
and extends the discussion of the significance of the
Bidi_Mirroring_Glyph property.

Issue #152 Proposed Update UAX #15: Unicode Normalization Forms
http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/tr15-32.html
This revision corrects the definitions of classes of characters in the
Composition Exclusion Table.

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http://www.unicode.org/reporting.html

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