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BS ISO 8957:1996:1997 Edition

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

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BSI 1997 18
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1.1 This International Standard specifies two coded Hebrew character sets.

  1. 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.

  2. 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 ISO 2022.

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.

BS ISO 8957:1996
$102.76