Dear SG 16,

Last month at UTC #176, the Properties & Algorithms Group recommended, and
Unicode Technical Committee decided, the following:

[176-A59 <https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetL2Ref.pl/?176-A59>] *Action
Item* for Asmus Freytag, EDC: Change definition D79 to look like a
definition, and add bullet points noting the use of the term to refer to
the three UTF and suggesting the term “standard Unicode encoding forms” for
clarity. Update mentions of “the [three] Unicode encoding forms” throughout
the core specification as appropriate, for Unicode Version 16.0. See
L2/23-160
<https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23160-utc176-properties-recs.pdf> item
1.1.

[176-C14 <https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetL2Ref.pl/?176-C14>]
*Consensus:* UTC authorizes a proposed update of UTR #17 based on Section
1.1 of L2/23-160
<https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23160-utc176-properties-recs.pdf>.

[176-A60 <https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetL2Ref.pl/?176-A60>] *Action
Item* for Ken Whistler, EDC: Prepare a proposed update of UTR #17, changing
mentions of “the [three] Unicode encoding forms” to use the phrase
“standard Unicode encoding forms” as appropriate. See L2/23-160
<https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23160-utc176-properties-recs.pdf> item
1.1.

[176-A61 <https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetL2Ref.pl/?176-A61>] *Action
Item* for Rick McGowan, UTC: Post a PRI for PU UTR #17 with a closing date
of 2023-10-11.

[176-A62 <https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetL2Ref.pl/?176-A62>] *Action
Item* for Asmus Freytag, EDC: In the FAQ and Glossary, change mentions of
“the [three] Unicode encoding forms” to use the phrase “standard Unicode
encoding forms” as appropriate. See L2/23-160
<https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23160-utc176-properties-recs.pdf> item
1.1.
You should thus be able to use the phrase “standard Unicode encoding forms”
in C++26 (Unicode 16.0 will be published in September 2024).

Best regards,

Robin Leroy