BS ISO/IEC 8859-3:1999

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Definitions
5 Notation, code table and names
6 Specification of the coded character set
7 Identification of the character set
Annex A: Coverage of languages by parts 1 to 10 of
ISO 8859
Annex B: Main differences between ISO 8859-3(1988) and
this first edition of this part os ISO 8859
Annex C: Bibliography

Defines a set of 184 coded graphic characters known as Latin alphabet No. 3, intended to be used in data and text processing applications, together with information interchange.

This part of ISO/IEC8859 specifies a set of 184 coded graphic characters identified as Latin alphabet No. 3.

This set of coded graphic characters is intended for use in data and text processing applications and also for information interchange.

The set contains graphic characters used for general purpose applications in typical office environments in at least the following languages:

Esperanto and Maltese, and if needed in conjunction with these, English, French (with restrictions, see AnnexA.1, Notes), German, Italian, Latin and Portuguese. Coding of Turkish characters using this part is deprecated, that specified in part9 is to be used.

This set of coded graphic characters may be regarded as a version of an 8-bit code according to ISO/IEC2022 or ISO/IEC4873 at level 1.

This part of ISO/IEC8859 may not be used in conjunction with any other parts of ISO/IEC8859. If coded characters from more than one part are to be used together, by means of code extension techniques, the equivalent coded character sets from ISO/IEC10367 should be used instead within a version of ISO/IEC4873 at level 2 or level 3.

The coded characters in this set may be used in conjunction with coded control functions selected from ISO/IEC6429. However, control functions are not used to create composite graphic symbols from two or more graphic characters (see clause6).

NOTE— ISO/IEC8859 is not intended for use with Telematic services defined by ITU-T. If information coded according to ISO/IEC8859 is to be transferred to such services, it will have to conform to the requirements of those services at the access-point.