What is ISO/IEC 10367 - Standardized coded graphic character sets for use in 8-bit codes about?
ISO/IEC 10367 specifies a unique coded graphic character set for use as a G0 set and a series of coded graphic character sets of up to 96 characters for use as the G1, G2, and G3 sets in versions of ISO/IEC 4873. All sets specified in ISO/IEC 10367 are shown as elements of an 8-bit code.
These sets are intended for use in data and text processing applications and may also be used for information interchange. They contain graphic characters used for general purpose applications in typical office environments.
Note: ISO/IEC 10367 does not specify the control functions to be allocated to the C0 and C1 sets of versions of ISO/IEC 4873. ISO/IEC 6429 specifies these control functions; the required control functions shall be selected from that International Standard depending on the application considered.
Who is ISO/IEC 10367- Standardized coded graphic character sets for use in 8-bit codes for?
ISO/IEC 10367 on standardized coded graphic character sets for use in 8-bit codes is useful for:
- The information technology industry
- The graphics industry
- IT engineers
- Graphics designing teams
- Data processing units
- Information exchange system operators
Why should you use ISO/IEC 10367- Standardized coded graphic character sets for use in 8-bit codes?
A family of 8-bit code tables, ISO 8859, was also developed to satisfy a need for single-byte coded graphic characters in particular in data processing applications. It consists of several parts, each specifying an 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character set of up to 191 characters. The selection of characters for each set is such that it satisfies the needs of several languages of a large, relatively coherent, geographical area. The different parts of ISO 8859 cover not only the Latin script but also the Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew scripts.
Many applications need a code structure that permits more than one script to be represented in information interchange, for example, Latin Alphabet No. 1 (“Western” Europe) with the Greek script or Latin Alphabet No. 2 (“Eastern” Europe) with the Cyrillic script. For this purpose ISO/IEC 4873 is suitable since it allows up to 382 graphic characters grouped in four G sets, by using a small selection of the facilities offered by ISO 2022.
Within this structure, the graphic character sets from the various parts of ISO 8859 may be used in conjunction with each other. Since some characters appear in more than one of these sets, rules are needed to avoid violation of the principle of the one-to-one relationship between a character and its coded representation when such sets are used together. The new version of ISO/IEC 4873 (3rd edition of 1991) contains such rules.
Thus, ISO/IEC 10367 specifies a collection of coded graphic character sets usable within the structure of ISO/IEC 4873.
ISO/IEC 10367 provides details about notation, code tables and names, the layout of the code tables, and the specification of the character sets to access the standardized coded graphic character sets.
