How the Unicode Standard Is Maintained
Before we look at the nuts and bolts of Unicode itself, it's worth taking a few minutes to look at how the Unicode Consortium actually works and the process by which changes are made to the standard.[13]
[13] The information in this section is drawn from Rick McGowan, “About Unicode Consortium Procedures, Policies, Stability, and Public Access,” published as an IETF Internet-Draft, http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-rmcgowan-unicode-procs-01.txt.
The Unicode Consortium is a nonprofit corporation located in Silicon Valley. It's a membership organization—members pay dues to belong and have a say in the development of the standard. Membership is relatively expensive, so full voting members are generally ...
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