ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2683
JTC1/SC2/WG2/IRG N1000

Date: 2003.11.20

ISO-IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2/IRG
Ideographic Rapporteur Group
Resolutions of IRG #21

Source : IRG
Meeting: Guilin, China
Title : IRG #21 Resolutions
The IRG#21 was attended by China, HKSAR, Japan, Macao SAR, R.O.Korea, TCA,USA, Vietnam, and Unicode (Liaison member) and have made the following resolutions:

Resolution IRG M21.1: Future meeting schedule
Unanimous
The IRG resolves to adopt the following meeting schedule:
IRG #22 Chengdu China, May 24-28, 2004
IRG #23 Jeju (to be confirmed), Korea, Nov. 29 to Dec. 3(tentative), 2004
IRG #24 Taipei/Nantou, Taiwan(TCA), around May 23-27, 2005
IRG #25 Bay Area, USA(Unicode Consortium), late 2005

Resolution IRG M21.2: Member’s Chief Editors
responsibility reconfirmationand other
Unanimous

The IRG resolves to accept nominations from member bodies for the appointment ofmembers’ chief editors. Member bodies may change their appointed chief editors.
However, the IRG must be informed of such change of appointments in advance.
Member’s chief editors:
ChinaMr.Chen Zhuang and Dr.Chen Shuangxin
TCA
Mr. Tseng, Shih-shyeng
HKSAR
Mr. Francis Chuen
MSAR
Ms. Mok Ka Meng
Japan
Mr.Masahiro Sekiguchi
ROKDr. Joonsuk LeeUSMr.John Jenkins

VietnamProf. Nguyen Quang Hong

The IRG further appoints the following positions:
Drafting Group Leader:
Dr. Lu Qin
Web posting master:
Mr. Lee Kin Hong

Resolution IRG M21.3: Basic Subset of CJK Unified Ideographs (ref:N1018)
Unanimous
The IRG accepts the report from the ad hoc group on Basic Subset of CJK UnifiedIdeographs(N1018). The IRG resolves to accept the name of this subset as theInternational Ideographs Core(IICore), its character inclusion principles, theworking schedule, and the data format. The IRG also resolves to propose to WG2 forthe inclusion of IICore as the normative part of ISO/IEC 10646:2003 in Annex A.

Resolution IRG M21.4: IRG work related to WG2 #44 resolution (ref.
N978r, N1015r )Unanimous
The IRG accepts the recommended actions summarized in N1015r. The IRG resolves
to instruct Mr. John Jenkins to produce a document to answer the request on source
reference information on CJK compatibility ideographs. The IRG further instructs therapporteur to submit IRG N1015r to WG2 before Dec. 15, 2003. The IRG recognizes
the issue raised on K4 source reference corrections and also recognizes the agreementfrom R.O. Korea to comply with the WG2 request by the said deadline.

Resolution IRG M21.5: CJK Ext C1 Editorial Group Report (ref.: N982,N982r , N1016)
Unanimous
The IRG accepts the contributions from N982 and N982r. The IRG resolves to accept
the report CJK_C1 Plan (N1016) on the withdrawal of some of the proposed Hanjacharacters and further actions. The IRG further approves the following schedule:• Feb. 1, 2004: the IRG editors review of “evidence for D1 set” to the chiefeditor• Feb.6, 2004: the chief editor consolidates and distributes comments to theIRG editors for confirmation• Feb. 20, 2004: the IRG editors confirm feedback• March 31, 2004: The technical editor distributes a new version of CJK_C1
to the IRG editors and the chief editor allocates review tasks.
• May 12, 2004: the IRG editors return review results to the chief editor.

Resolution IRG M21.6: New Defect Report of CJK Unified Ideographs(ref. WG2 N2664 and IRG N972, N973, N1006, N1008r, N1017 )UnanimousThe IRG accepts members’ contributions (N972, N973, N1006, N1008r). The IRG
resolves to accept the editorial group report N1017 on the decisions of unification andde-unification issues, font correction, further actions and the schedule. The IRG
further resolves to request the technical editor to produce a consolidated defect reportby March 15, 2004.

Resolution IRG M21.7: Old Hanzi (pre-Qin) Encoding (ref.: N999,N1014)
Unanimous
The IRG accepts the contribution from N999 and IRG#21 has discussed the related
issues in an Old Hanzi Encoding Interest Group. The IRG resolves to accept theAgreement on Old Hanzi Encoding N1014 as input. The IRG resolves to accept thatJia Gu Wen(甲骨文,the old oracle script),Jin Wen(金文，the old bronze script), andXiao Zhuan(小篆, the small seal script) may be separate scripts and thus might beallocated different blocks. The IRG further instructs the IRG rapporteur to contact theWG2 convener for the procedures necessary to establish an ad hoc group on OldHanzi Encoding and possibly form the ad hoc group by IRG#22.

Resolution IRG M21.8: Appreciation
By Acclamation
The IRG would like to express its sincere appreciation to the IRG#21 meeting host,the Standardization Administration of China(SAC) and the China Electronics
Standardization Institute(CESI). The IRG would also like to thank Mr. Wang Xi Lin,the director of High and New Technology Center, SAC, Ms. Lin Ning, the deputy
director of CESI, Ms. Dai Hong, Ms. Yu Xue Mei, and Mr. Wang Xin for their
excellent logistics, arrangements and hospitality.
The IRG would also like to thank the Software Institute of Chinese Academy ofSciences, Zhong Yi Electronics Co. Ltd, Beijing Founder Electronics Co. Ltd, andUniHan Digital Technology Co. Ltd for their support.
The IRG would like to show our appreciation to Mr. Takayuki Sato and Prof. Eiji
Matsuoka, who have retired from IRG work and would welcome their participations
anytime in the future.
The IRG would like to show our appreciation to our webmaster, Prof. K.H. Lee of
the Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong for his contribution in managing the IRG website.
The IRG would like to thank the Unicode Consortium for distributing copies of theUnicode Standard, The Unicode Standard Version 4.0, to the IRG editors.