Editing Unicode Consortium (section)

== Founding ==
{{For|the history leading up to the Unicode Consortium's foundation|Unicode#History}}
The project to develop a universal character encoding scheme called Unicode was initiated in 1987 by [[Joe Becker (Unicode)|Joe Becker]], [[Lee Collins (Unicode)|Lee Collins]], and [[Mark Davis (Unicode)|Mark Davis]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=History of Unicode : Summary Narrative | url=https://www.unicode.org/history/summary.html | publisher=Unicode Consortium | access-date=April 25, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hyperallergic.com/311488/better-days/|title=Better Days|last=Yau|first=John|date=July 17, 2016|work=Hyperallergic|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The Unicode Consortium was incorporated in [[California]] on January 3, 1991,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-pistol-squirt-gun-emoji-apple-20160802-snap-story.html|title=Apple is replacing the pistol emoji with a squirt gun|last=Roy|first=Jessica|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 3, 2016|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> with the stated aim to develop, extend, and promote the use of the [[Unicode Standard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/history/|title=Unicode History Corner|publisher=Unicode, Inc.|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref> Mark Davis was the president of the Unicode Consortium from when the Consortium was incorporated in 1991 until 2023, when he changed roles to CTO.<ref>{{Cite web | title=New Unicode Consortium CEO | url=https://blog.unicode.org/2023/01/new-unicode-consortium-ceo.html | publisher=Unicode Consortium | access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref>