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| ISO 15924 could be used, similar to ], in addition to ], which defines codes for natural languages, for instance in markup languages like ] and ] to help ]s determine which ] to use for foreign text. This way one could differentiate, for example, between ] written in the Cyrillic (srp-Cyrl) or Latin (srp-Latn) script, or mark ] text as such. | ISO 15924 could be used, similar to ], in addition to ], which defines codes for natural languages, for instance in markup languages like ] and ] to help ]s determine which ] to use for foreign text. This way one could differentiate, for example, between ] written in the Cyrillic (srp-Cyrl) or Latin (srp-Latn) script, or mark ] text as such. | ||
| ISO has appointed the ] as the Registration Authority for the standard. |
ISO has appointed the ] as the Registration Authority for the standard. | ||
| The role of the Registration Authority is defined in the standard, but the existence of a Registrar is not even mentioned. | |||
| ==Script codes== | ==Script codes== | ||
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| Qaaa - Qabx , 50 codes for private use. The Qaaa - Qabx - range is not mentioned in the standard itself, but in the codelist. There is no statement in the standard that prohibits this range to be changed by the RA. | Qaaa - Qabx , 50 codes for private use. The Qaaa - Qabx - range is not mentioned in the standard itself, but in the codelist. There is no statement in the standard that prohibits this range to be changed by the RA. | ||
| ==Scripts without code== | |||
| There are also scripts that have no code. Some of them may get codes in the future. If in need of codes the private range 900-949 (Qaaa - Qabx), offers space, but only allows coding 50 scripts. The downside is that then one has e.g. alphabetic writing system not in the alphabet range. | |||
| ''in brackets, the range the script falls in is indicated'' | |||
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| * ] (200-299) | |||
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| * ] (400-499) | |||
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| * ] (500-599) | |||
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| * ] (200-299, ) | |||
| * ] (600-699) | |||
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| * ] (200-299) | |||
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| * ] (000-099) | |||
| * ] (400-499) | |||
| * ] (200-299) | |||
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| see also: ] | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 10:20, 9 November 2006
ISO 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts, defines two sets of codes for a number of writing systems (scripts). Each script is given both a four-letter code and a numeric one.
Script is defined as "set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages". So scripts that are not (yet) "used for the written form of one language" are explicitly excluded.
Where possible the codes are derived from ISO 639-2 where the name of a script and the name of a language using the script are identical (example: Gujarātī ISO 639 guj, ISO 15924 Gujr). Preference is given to the 639-2 B-codes, which is different to the otherwise often favored use of the T codes.
ISO 15924 could be used, similar to ISO 3166, in addition to ISO 639, which defines codes for natural languages, for instance in markup languages like HTML and XML to help Web browsers determine which typeface to use for foreign text. This way one could differentiate, for example, between Serbian written in the Cyrillic (srp-Cyrl) or Latin (srp-Latn) script, or mark romanized text as such.
ISO has appointed the Unicode Consortium as the Registration Authority for the standard.
Script codes
Numeric ranges
000-099 Hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts 100-199 Right-to-left alphabetic scripts 200-299 Left-to-right alphabetic scripts 300-399 Alphasyllabic scripts 400-499 Syllabic scripts 500-599 Ideographic scripts 600-699 Undeciphered scripts 700-799 (unassigned) 800-899 (unassigned) 900-999 Private use, aliases, special codes
Special codes
Zxxx || 997 || Code for unwritten languages Zyyy || 998 || Code for undetermined script Zzzz || 999 || Code for uncoded script
Qaaa - Qabx , 50 codes for private use. The Qaaa - Qabx - range is not mentioned in the standard itself, but in the codelist. There is no statement in the standard that prohibits this range to be changed by the RA.