Customer Support: +1 416-401-8730

Login to i2i Subscription Intertek.com
  • There are no items in your cart
Please enter a keyword to search
Advanced search
Home
BSI
BS ISO 8957:1996

BS ISO 8957:1996

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Information and documentation. Hebrew alphabet coded character sets for bibliographic information interchange

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

11-15-1997

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Defines two coded Hebrew character sets: set 1 of 78 characters including 74 basic characters required in Hebrew texts, three ligatures used solely in the Yiddish language, and one point used only in the Judeo-Spanish language, and set 2 of 51 additional characters combined with basic characters in oldest Hebrew texts. Intended for international interchange of bibliographic citations including annotations, in the Hebrew alphabet.

1.1 This International Standard specifies two coded Hebrew character sets. Set 1: 78 characters including 74 basic characters needed in Hebrew texts, three ligatures used only in the Yiddish language, and one point used only in the Judeo-Spanish language. Set 2: 51 additional characters used in combination with basic characters in some older Hebrew texts. 1.2 These sets are intended for the international interchange of bibliographic citations, including their annotations, in the Hebrew alphabet. The sets may be used in a 7-bit or an 8-bit environment in accordance with ISO2022. 1.3 These character sets are intended to handle information in the following languages: Old and Modern Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino/Judezmo (Judeo-Spanish); and other languages written in Hebrew script, such as Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Persian, Karaite Turkic, Judeo-Italian, Judeo-Greek, etc.

Committee
IDT/2
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 92/69391 DC. (07/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
ISO 8957:1996 Identical

ISO 1155:1978 Information processing Use of longitudinal parity to detect errors in information messages
ISO 259:1984 Documentation — Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters
ISO 6586:1980 Data processing Implementation of the ISO 7- bit and 8- bit coded character sets on punched cards
ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
ISO 1113:1979 Information processing Representation of the 7- bit coded character set on punched tape
ISO 1745:1975 Information processing Basic mode control procedures for data communication systems
ISO 1177:1985 Information processing Character structure for start/stop and synchronous character oriented transmission
ISO/IEC 2375:2003 Information technology — Procedure for registration of escape sequences and coded character sets
ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
ISO 962:1974 Information processing Implementation of the 7- bit coded character set and its 7- bit and 8-bit extensions on 9- track 12,7 mm (0.5 in) magnetic tape
ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane

View more information
US$160.51
Excluding Tax where applicable
USD
CAD
CHF
CNY
DKK
EUR
GBP
HKD
IDR
INR
JPY
KRW
MXN
NOK
NZD
SEK
SGD
USD
ZAR
Hardcopy - English
PDF - English
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50

Access your standards online with a subscription

Features

  • Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.

  • Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.

  • Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.

Learn more on subscription solutions

or

Get in touch with us