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CSA ISO/IEC 6937 : 2004

Superseded
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - CODED GRAPHIC CHARACTER SET FOR TEXT COMMUNICATION - LATIN ALPHABET
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

22-07-2021

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2014

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Conformance and implementation
3 Normative references
4 Terms and definitions
5 Notation, code table and names
6 Specifications of SPACE, NO-BREAK SPACE and SOFT HYPHEN
7 Composition of the character repertoire
8 Specification of the coded character set
9 Graphic character subrepertoires
10 Identification of options
Annex A (normative) - 7-bit code
Annex B (informative) - Method of definition of short
        identifiers of this International Standard
Annex C (informative) - Use of non-spacing diacritical marks
Annex D (informative) - Use of Latin alphabetic characters in
        various languages
Annex E (informative) - Alternative coded representation of
        the repertoire with no non-spacing diacritical marks
Annex F (informative) - Main differences between the 1994
        (second) edition of ISO/IEC 6937 and the present
        (third) edition of this International Standard
Bibliography

Defines: a) the coded representation of the characters; b) a repertoire of the Latin alphabetic and non-alphabetic characters for the communication of text in many European languages using the Latin script; and c) rules for the definitions and use of graphic character subrepertoires, i.e. subsets of the specified character repertoire.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
51
ProductNote
Reconfirmed EN
PublisherName
Canadian Standards Association
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO/IEC 6937:2001 Identical

ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998 Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1
ISO/IEC 6429:1992 Information technology Control functions for coded character sets
ISO/IEC 4873:1991 Information technology ISO 8-bit code for information interchange Structure and rules for implementation
ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
ISO/IEC 10367:1991 Information technology Standardized coded graphic character sets for use in 8-bit codes
ISO/IEC 7350:1991 Information technology Registration of repertoires of graphic characters from ISO/IEC 10367
ISO/IEC 8859-10:1998 Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6
ISO/IEC 8859-2:1999 Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2
ISO/IEC 2375:2003 Information technology — Procedure for registration of escape sequences and coded character sets
ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane
ISO/IEC 10538:1991 Information technology Control functions for text communication
ISO/IEC 8859-9:1999 Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5

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