UTW 2024 Why Does Unicode Do That?

EVENT: Unicode Technology Workshop (UTW)
DATE: October 22-23, 2024

DESCRIPTION:
People are curious about (and sometimes angry at) Unicode for its design choices. Sometimes they were necessary; we wouldn’t have gained traction without them; and sometimes they were simply unfortunate choices. This presentation will walk you through why some of these were made, ranging from the Unicode (Character) Standard to the LDML (CLDR) Standard, to ICU APIs.

BIO:
Mark Davis co-founded the Unicode project. He was the president of the Unicode Consortium from its incorporation in 1991 until the end of 2022 and has presided over the board of directors since incorporation. Having held positions at IBM and Apple, Mark joined Google in 2006 where he has been working on software internationalization focusing on effective and secure use of Unicode (especially in the index and search pipeline), the software internationalization libraries (including ICU), and stable international identifiers. Mark is CTO; Chair, BOD; Chair, CLDR Technical Committee; and Chair, CLDR Design Working Group at Unicode.

UNICODE LINKS
Technical Quick Start Guide: https://home.unicode.org/technical-qu...
Become a Unicode Member: https://home.unicode.org/membership/m...
Support Unicode: https://home.unicode.org/support-unic...
Unicode Website: https://home.unicode.org/
Adopt a Character: https://aac.unicode.org/adopt