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Many of the proposals here have been superceded by other proposals, or have lead to ballots for scripts and characters which have been standardized. Under no circumstances should implementations be based on the tables and character names in the documents listed here.

N2173: Proposal to add 8 Cyrillic Sámi characters to ISO/IEC 10646 by NTS (Norway), SFS (Finland), and NSAI (Ireland). [proposal accepted for the BMP]
AMD 10 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ethiopic) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 11 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Canadian Syllabics) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 12 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Cherokee) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 14 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Yi) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 16 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Braille) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 18 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Euro and other characters) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 19 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Runic) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 20 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ogham) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 21 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Sinhala) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 22 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Keyboard Symbols) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 23 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Bopomofo and other characters) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 24 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Thaana) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 25 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Khmer) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 26 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Myanmar) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 27 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Syriac) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 29 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Mongolian) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 30 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Livonian and other characters) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
AMD 31 to the first edition of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Tibetan) [superceded by ISO/IEC 10646-2:2000]
N1845: Additional IPA "disturbed speech" characters for the UCS [proposal accepted for the BMP]
N1817: Proposal to encode MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE APOSTROPHE in the BMP by Michael Everson, Tapani Salminen, and Trond Trosterud. [proposal accepted for the BMP].
N1756: Proposal for Tibetan Extensions to the UCS [proposal accepted for the BMP]
N1755: Proposal for encoding the Philippine scripts in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646 [Superceded by N1933]
N1661: Proposal to encode two ecological symbols in ISO/IEC 10646 [Superceded by N2240]
N1660 Proposal to encode Tibetan Extensions in ISO/IEC 10646 [Partially accepted.]
N1659 Proposal to encode Glagolitic in ISO/IEC 10646 [Superceded by N1931.]
N1657 Proposal to encode Buginese in ISO/IEC 10646 [Superceded by N1930]
N1655 Canadian Syllabics characters missing from DAM 11 [proposal accepted for the BMP]
N1637: Proposal to encode Basic Egyptian Hieroglyphics in Plane 1 [Superceded by N1944]
N1636: Encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs in ISO/IEC 10646-2 [Superceded by N1944]
N1593: Proposal to add Latin characters required by Latinized Taiwanese languages to ISO/IEC 10646 by Te Khai-su and Michael Everson.(Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [The proposal was ultimately withdrawn.]
N1581: Proposal for encoding Gothic in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Gothic is now in ISO/IEC 10646-2:2001]
N1580: Proposal for encoding Etruscan in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Old Italic is now in ISO/IEC 10646-2:2001]
N1579: Proposal for encoding Phoenician in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Superceded by N1932]
N1566: Proposal to encode the EURO in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [The euro sign is now in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000]
N1547: Reminder about 4 medieval English Latin characters (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [They are now in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000]
N1524: Proposal for encoding Khmer in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Khmer is now in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000]
N1523: Proposal for encoding Burmese in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Myanmar is now in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000]
N1519: Proposal for encoding Thaana in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Thaana is now in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000]
N1473R: Proposal for encoding Sinhala in ISO/IEC 10646 ((Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Sinhala is now in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000]

Mapping of Sinhala between ISO/IEC 10646 and SLS 1134 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [This document was not approved]
N1444: Discussion of proposed amendments (N1395) to Armenian block (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document)

Technical Contents of N1395 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document)

Code Table for N1395
JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1443: Allocating Ogham and Runes to the BMP: a strategy for making the BMP maximally useful (Unofficial HTML version of a document submitted to WG2) [Ogham and Runic are now in ISO/IEC 10646-1]
JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1442: Proposal for a new Alphabetic Rapporteur Group (ARG) (Unofficial HTML version of a document submitted to WG2) [The proposal was not accepted]
JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1441: Proposed pDAM for Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics / JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1441 (fr): Proposition d'amendement pour un Syllabaire unifié canadien autochtone (Unofficial HTML version of a document submitted to WG2) [Syllabics are now in ISO/IEC 10646-1]
JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1172: Proposal for encoding the Cherokee script in ISO 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a document submitted to WG2) [Cherokee are is in ISO/IEC 10646-1]
N1187: Encoding the Yi script (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Yi is now in ISO/IEC 10646-1]
N1130R: Proposal for encoding Ogham in ISO/IEC 10646 (Unofficial HTML version of a WG2 document) [Ogham is now in ISO/IEC 10646-1]

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 (Internationalization)

ISO SC22/WG20 N482 (CEN/TC304/WG1 KTN-7R): CAPITALS before SMALLS

CEN/TC304 (European Localization Requirements)

CEN/TC304/WG2 -- Cultural Elements. Web Pages of the (now-dissolved) European Working Group. Convener: Michael Everson.
CEN/TC304/WG1 KTN-7R (ISO SC22/WG20 N482): CAPITALS before SMALLS
Project team report: CEN/TC304/PT01: User requirements study and programming for standardization in the field of Character Set Technology, or: Standards for providing multi-cultural functionality in IT-systems
CEN/TC304: Some standardizers at work....

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