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  • BS ISO 639-4:2010

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    Codes for the representation of names of languages General principles of coding of the representation of names of languages and related entities, and application guidelines

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  20-11-2023

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-08-2010

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Fundamental concepts of language coding
    5 Relationship between the parts of ISO 639
    6 Implementation issues
    7 Combining language identifiers with other standards
      and codes
    8 Language description format (LDF)
    Annex A (informative) - Overall steering of ISO 639
    Bibliography

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    Provides the general principles of language coding using the codes that are specified in the other parts of ISO 639 and their combination with other codes.

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    This part of ISO 639 gives the general principles of language coding using the codes that are specified in the other parts of ISO 639 and their combination with other codes. Furthermore, this part of ISO 639 lays down guidelines for the use of any combination of the parts of ISO 639.

    The terminology and general descriptions of this part of ISO 639 are intended to replace corresponding text of other parts of ISO 639 as relevant in future revisions.

    Relevant metadata for the description of linguistic entities are also given, as a framework for databases of linguistic data to support the ISO 639 series of International Standards.

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    Committee TS/1
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
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    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    04/30089469 DC : DRAFT JULY 2004 BS 8430 - TERMINOLOGY WORK - FUNDAMENTALS MADE SIMPLE
    BS 8430:2005 Terminology work. Fundamentals made simple

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    ISO 9:1995 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters — Slavic and non-Slavic languages
    ISO 11940:1998 Information and documentation Transliteration of Thai
    ISO 9984:1996 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Georgian characters into Latin characters
    ISO 639-1:2002 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code
    ISO/IEC 10646:2014 Information technology Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)
    ISO 15924:2004 Information and documentation Codes for the representation of names of scripts
    ISO 259-2:1994 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters — Part 2: Simplified transliteration
    ISO/IEC 11179-4:2004 Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 4: Formulation of data definitions
    ISO 12620:2009 Terminology and other language and content resources Specification of data categories and management of a Data Category Registry for language resources
    ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013 Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes
    ISO 259:1984 Documentation — Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters
    ISO 233-2:1993 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 2: Arabic language — Simplified transliteration
    ISO 19108:2002 Geographic information Temporal schema
    ISO 19111:2007 Geographic information Spatial referencing by coordinates
    ISO/IEC 11179-5:2015 Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 5: Naming principles
    ISO 3166-2:2013 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 2: Country subdivision code
    ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information Metadata
    ISO 3166-3:2013 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries
    ISO 8601:2004 Data elements and interchange formats Information interchange Representation of dates and times
    ISO 639-3:2007 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages
    ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code
    ISO 9985:1996 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Armenian characters into Latin characters
    ISO/IEC 11179-6:2015 Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 6: Registration
    ISO 19135:2005 Geographic information — Procedures for item registration
    ISO 3166-1:2013 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 1: Country codes
    ISO 3602:1989 Documentation — Romanization of Japanese (kana script)
    ISO 16642:2003 Computer applications in terminology Terminological markup framework
    ISO 843:1997 Information and documentation Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters
    ISO/TR 11941:1996 Information and documentation Transliteration of Korean script into Latin characters
    ISO 233-3:1999 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 3: Persian language — Simplified transliteration
    ISO 19112:2003 Geographic information Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers
    ISO 7098:2015 Information and documentation Romanization of Chinese
    ISO/IEC 11179-2:2005 Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 2: Classification
    ISO/IEC 11179-1:2015 Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 1: Framework
    ISO 233:1984 Documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters
    ISO 639-5:2008 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups
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