BS ISO/IEC 9637-1:1994 - Page 2

Information technology. Computer graphics. Interfacing techniques for dialogues with graphical devices (CGI). Data stream binding. Character encoding | Status: Current

1 Scope This part of ISO/IEC 9637 specifies a character encoding of the Computer Graphics Interface. For each of the functions specified in ISO/IEC 9636 an encoding is specified. This encoding of the Computer Graphics Interface provides a highly compact representation of the data, suitable for applications that require the data to be of minimum size and suitable for transmission with character-oriented transmission services.