CLDR Version 23.1 Released

May 15, 2013 — Unicode CLDR 23.1 has been released, providing an update to the key building blocks for software supporting the world's languages. Unicode CLDR 23.1 contains data for 215 languages and 228 territories—657 locales in all. Unicode CLDR 23.1 is an update release, designed to address specific issues that have arisen since the initial publish of CLDR 23. The release also contains enhancements and fixes to the JSON conversion utility, as well as a downloadable sample of JSON format data for CLDR.

For more details on the contents of CLDR 23.1, please refer to the release note located at:

http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-23-1

Unicode CLDR 24 Survey Tool is open for Data Submission

May 1, 2013 — The Unicode CLDR 24 Survey Tool is open for data submission starting today. CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world's languages, with the largest and most extensive standard repository of locale data available. The survey tool is an online tool used by organizations and individuals to contribute data to this repository, and to vote on alternative contributions.  For a complete description of the new enhancements and features in the CLDR survey tool, please see http://cldr.unicode.org/index/survey-tool/whats-new

If you do not have a CLDR survey tool account and would like information on how you or your organization can contribute data to the CLDR project, please see http://cldr.unicode.org/index/survey-tool/accounts

Draft UTR #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout

Draft UTR #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout is now available for public review and comment. The main changes in this version from the previous proposed draft:

• The intended interaction with document formats has been clarified.
• The guidelines for the assignment of a property value have been clarified.
• A number of characters have been assigned a different property value. 

Proposed Update UTS #18, Unicode Regular Expressions

UTS #18, Unicode Regular Expressions, is being updated to bring it into alignment with Unicode 6.3. Two new bidi-related properties introduced in Unicode 6.3 for the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm are being added. In addition, the discussion of script extensions is being extended and clarified.

The proposed update document is now available for review and comment. See Public Review Issue #252.

Membership Fee Changes

The Unicode Consortium is announcing an increase in the Full membership fee. As of June 1, 2013, the annual Full membership fee will increase from $15,000  to $18,000. This fee increase will enable the Consortium to continue its mission to enable people around the world to use computers in any language by providing freely-available specifications and data.

The Consortium has also added a multi-year discount option for all membership levels. Effective June 1, 2013, any member may pay fees in advance to receive the following discounts:

      10 years,  20% discount
      5 years,  10% discount
      3 years,  6% discount

For further information please contact the Unicode office.