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ISO/ IEC  JTC 1/SC 2 - Coded Character Sets

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 is the  international standardization subcommittee for coded character sets.

The Scope of this committee is:

Standardization of graphic character sets and their characteristics, including string ordering, associated control functions, their coded representation for information interchange and code extension techniques. Excluded: audio and picture coding.

Chairman: Prof. Yoshiki Mikami (Appointed at the 2010-11 JTC 1 Belfast Plenary)

Secretariat: JISC (c/o IPSJ/ITSCJ, E-mail: kimura at itscj.ipsj.or.jp)

SC 2 has the following Working Groups:

OWG-SORT - Maintenance of ISO/IEC 14651

Convener: Mr. Alain LaBonté

WG 2 - Universal Coded Character Set

Convener: Mr. Mike Ksar

WG 2 is the international standardization working group for the coded character set UCS - the Universal Coded Character Set - ISO/IEC 10646. The scope is to develop a universal coded character set that encompasses the world's scripts. This is Work Item JTC1.02.18 - ISO/IEC 10646.

WG 2 has an  Ideographic Rapprteur Group (IRG).

Rapporter: Dr. Lu Qin

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   ISO/IEC 10646, ISO/IEC 14651 and ISO/IEC TR 15285 are freely available from the ITTF website.