ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG3 N362 FIRST DRAFT
Date: 1996-06-19

Title: Proposal for a new part of ISO/IEC 8859: Latin alphabet No. 9 (Sámi)

Source: Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta (WG3 member for Ireland)
Status: Expert Contribution
Action: For consideration by JTC1/SC2/WG3

Latin alphabet No. 9 (Sámi)

preCOMMITTEE DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
ISO/IEC 8859-15 (E)
Draft revision 1996-06-19

Information technology -
8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets

Part 15:
Latin alphabet No. 9 (Sámi)

Contents

0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Definitions
5 Notation, code table and character names
6 Specification of the coded character set
7 Identification of the character set

0 Introduction

ISO/IEC 8859 consists of several parts. Each part specifies a set of up to 191 graphic characters and the coded representation of these characters by means of a single 8-bit byte. Each set is intended for use for a particular group of languages.

Control functions may be used in conjunction with the coded characters specified in the parts of ISO/IEC 8859. However, control functions are not used to create composite graphic symbols from two or more graphic characters (see 6).

1 Scope

This part of ISO/IEC 8859 specifies a set of 191 coded graphic characters identified as Latin alphabet No. 9 (Sámi).

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

The set contains graphic characters used for general purpose applications in typical office environments in at least the following languages: Basque, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Latin, Luxemburgish, Manx Gaelic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Inari Sámi, Northern Sámi, Skolt Sámi, Scottish Gaelic, Slovenian, Swedish.

This set of coded graphic characters may be regarded as a version of an 8-bit code according to ISO/IEC 2022 or ISO/IEC 4873 at level 1.

This part of ISO/IEC 8859 may not be used in conjunction with any other parts of ISO/IEC 8859. 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/IEC 10367 should be used instead within a version of ISO/IEC 4873 at level 2 or level 3.

The coded characters in this set may be used in conjunction with coded control functions selected from ISO/IEC 6429.

NOTE: ISO/IEC 8859 is not intended for use with Telematic services defined by ITU-T. If information coded according to ISO/IEC 8859 is to be transferred to such services, it will have to conform to the requirements of those services at the access-point.

2 Conformance

2.1 Conformance of information interchange

A coded-character-data-element (CC-data-element) within coded information for interchange is in conformance with this part of this International Standard if all the coded representations of graphic characters within that CC-data-element conform to the requirements of clause 6.

2.2 Conformance of devices

A device is in conformance with this International Standard if it conforms to the requirements of 2.2.1, and either or both of 2.2.2 and 2.2.3. A claim of conformance shall identify the document which contains the description specified in 2.2.1.

2.2.1 Device description

A device that conforms to this International Standard shall be the subject of a description that identifies the means by which the user may supply characters to the device, or may recognize them when they are made available to him, as specified respectively in 2.2.2 and 2.2.3.

2.2.2 Originating devices

An originating device shall allow its user to supply any sequence of characters from those specified in clause 6, and shall be capable of transmitting their coded representations within a CC-data-element.

2.2.3 Receiving devices

A receiving device shall be capable of receiving and interpreting any coded representations of characters that are within a CC-data-element, and that conform to clause 6, and shall make the corresponding characters available to its user in such a way that the user can identify them from among those specified there, and can distinguish them from each other.

3 Normative references

ISO/IEC 2022, Information technology - Character code structure and extension techniques.

ISO/IEC 4873, Information technology - ISO 8-bit code for information interchange - Structure and rules for implementation.

ISO/IEC 8824, Information technology - Open systems interconnection - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1).

4 Definitions

4.1 bit combination: An ordered set of bits used for the representation of characters.

4.2 byte: A bit string that is operated upon as a unit.

4.3 character: A member of a set of elements used for the organization, control, or representation of data.

4.4 code table: A table showing the characters allocated to each bit combination in a code.

4.5 coded character set; code: A set of unambiguous rules that establishes a character set and the one-to-one relationship between the characters of the set and their bit combinations.

4.6 graphic character: A character, other than a control function, that has a visual representation normally handwritten, printed or displayed, and that has a coded representation consisting of one or more bit combinations.

NOTE: in ISO/IEC 8859 a single bit combination is used to represent each character.

4.7 graphic symbol: A visual representation of a graphic character or of a control function.

4.8 position: That part of a code table identified by its column and row coordinates.

5 Notation, code table, and names

5.1 Notation

The bits of the bit combinations of the 8-bit code are identified by b8, b7, b6, b5, b4, b3, b2, and b1, where b8 is the highest-order, or most-significant bit and b1 is the lowest-order, or least-significant bit.

The bit combinations may be interpreted to represent numbers in binary notation by attributing the following weights to the individual bits:

Bit	b8	b7	b6	b5	b4	b3	b2	b1
Weight	128	64	32	18	8	4	2	1

Using these weights, the bit combinations are identified by notations of the form xx/yy, where xx and yy are numbers in the range 00 to 15. The correspondence between the notations of the form xx/yy and the bit combinations consisting of the bits b8 to b1 is as follows:

xx is the number represented by b8, b7, b6, and b5 where these bits are given the weights 8, 4, 2, and 1 respectively.
yy is the number represented by b4, b3, b2, and b1 where these bits are given the weights 8, 4, 2, and 1 respectively.

5.2 Layout of the code table

An 8-bit code table consists of 256 positions arranged in 16 columns and 16 rows. The columns and the rows are numbered 00 to 15.

The code table positions are identified by notations of the form xx/yy, where xx is the column number and yy is the row number.

The positions of the code table are in one-to-one correspondence with the bit combinations of the code. The notation of a code table position, of the form xx/yy, is the same as that of the corresponding bit combination.

5.3 Names and meanings

This part of ISO/IEC 8859 assigns a unique name to each graphic character. These names have been taken from ISO/IEC 10646-1 (E). This part of ISO/IEC 8859 also specifies an acronym for each of the characters SPACE, NO-BREAK SPACE and SOFT HYPHEN. For acronyms only Latin capital letters A to Z are used. It is intended that the acronyms be retained in all translations of the text.

The names chosen to denote graphic characters are intended to reflect their customary meaning. However, except for SPACE (SP), NO-BREAK SPACE (NBSP) and SOFT HYPHEN (SHY), this part of ISO/IEC 8859 does not define and does not restrict the meanings of graphic characters. Neither does it specify a particular style or font design for imaging graphic characters.

This part of ISO/IEC 8859 specifies a graphic symbol for each graphic character. This symbol is shown in the corresponding position of the code table.

5.3.1 SPACE (SP)

A graphic character the visual representation of which consists of the absence of a graphic symbol.

5.3.2 NO-BREAK SPACE (NBSP)

A graphic character the visual representation of which consists of the absence of a graphic symbol, for use when a line break is to be prevented in the text as presented.

5.3.3 SOFT HYPHEN (SHY)

A graphic character that is imaged by a graphic symbol identical with, or similar to, that representing HYPHEN-MINUS, for use when a line break has been established within a word.

6 Specification of the coded character set

This part of ISO/IEC 8859 specifies 191 characters allocated to the bit combinations of the code table (table 2).

NOTE: None of these characters are combining characters in the sense of ISO/IEC 2022, clause 6.3.3.

Control functions, such as BACKSPACE or CARRIAGE RETURN, shall not be used to create composite graphic symbols, which are graphic symbols made up from the graphic representations of two or more characters.

6.1 Characters of the set and their coded representation

Table 1A - Name and coded representation of the characters in Columns 02 to 07

Bit combination	Hex	ISO 10646	Name
02/00	20	0020	SPACE
02/01	21	0021	EXCLAMATION MARK
02/02	22	0022	QUOTATION MARK
02/03	23	0023	NUMBER SIGN
02/04	24	0024	DOLLAR SIGN
02/05	25	0025	PERCENT SIGN
02/06	26	0026	AMPERSAND
02/07	27	0027	APOSTROPHE
02/08	28	0027	LEFT PARENTHESIS
02/09	29	0029	RIGHT PARENTHESIS
02/10	2A	002A	ASTERISK
02/11	2B	002B	PLUS SIGN
02/12	2C	002C	COMMA
02/13	2D	002D	HYPHEN-MINUS
02/14	2E	002E	FULL STOP
02/15	2F	002F	SOLIDUS
03/00	30	0030	DIGIT ZERO
03/01	31	0031	DIGIT ONE
03/02	32	0032	DIGIT TWO
03/03	33	0033	DIGIT THREE
03/04	34	0034	DIGIT FOUR
03/05	35	0035	DIGIT FIVE
03/06	36	0036	DIGIT SIX
03/07	37	0037	DIGIT SEVEN
03/08	38	0038	DIGIT EIGHT
03/09	39	0039	DIGIT NINE
03/10	3A	003A	COLON
03/11	3B	003B	SEMICOLON
03/12	3C	003C	LESS-THAN SIGN
03/13	3D	003D	EQUALS SIGN
03/14	3E	003E	GREATER-THAN SIGN
03/15	3F	003F	QUESTION MARK
04/00	40	0040	COMMERCIAL AT
04/01	41	0041	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
04/02	42	0042	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
04/03	43	0043	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
04/04	44	0044	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
04/05	45	0045	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
04/06	46	0046	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
04/07	47	0047	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
04/08	48	0048	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
04/09	49	0049	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
04/10	4A	004A	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
04/11	4B	004B	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
04/12	4C	004C	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
04/13	4D	004D	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
04/14	4E	004E	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
04/15	4F	004F	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
05/00	50	0050	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
05/01	51	0051	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
05/02	52	0052	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
05/03	53	0053	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
05/04	54	0054	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
05/05	55	0055	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
05/06	56	0056	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
05/07	57	0057	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
05/08	58	0058	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X
05/09	59	0059	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
05/10	5A	005A	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
05/11	5B	005B	LEFT SQUARE BRACKET
05/12	5C	005C	REVERSE SOLIDUS
05/13	5D	005D	RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
05/14	5E	005E	CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
05/15	5F	005F	LOW LINE
06/00	60	0060	GRAVE ACCENT
06/01	61	0061	LATIN SMALL LETTER A
06/02	62	0062	LATIN SMALL LETTER B
06/03	63	0063	LATIN SMALL LETTER C
06/04	64	0064	LATIN SMALL LETTER D
06/05	65	0065	LATIN SMALL LETTER E
06/06	66	0066	LATIN SMALL LETTER F
06/07	67	0067	LATIN SMALL LETTER G
06/08	68	0068	LATIN SMALL LETTER H
06/09	69	0069	LATIN SMALL LETTER I
06/10	6A	006A	LATIN SMALL LETTER J
06/11	6B	006B	LATIN SMALL LETTER K
06/12	6C	006C	LATIN SMALL LETTER L
06/13	6D	006D	LATIN SMALL LETTER M
06/14	6E	006E	LATIN SMALL LETTER N
06/15	6F	006F	LATIN SMALL LETTER O
07/00	70	0070	LATIN SMALL LETTER P
07/01	71	0071	LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
07/02	72	0072	LATIN SMALL LETTER R
07/03	73	0073	LATIN SMALL LETTER S
07/04	74	0074	LATIN SMALL LETTER T
07/05	75	0075	LATIN SMALL LETTER U
07/06	76	0076	LATIN SMALL LETTER V
07/07	77	0077	LATIN SMALL LETTER W
07/08	78	0078	LATIN SMALL LETTER X
07/09	79	0079	LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
07/10	7A	007A	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
07/11	7B	007B	LEFT CURLY BRACKET
07/12	7C	007C	VERTICAL LINE
07/13	7D	007D	RIGHT CURLY BRACKET
07/14	7E	007E	TILDE
07/15	7F	007F	(This position shall not be used)

Table 1B - Name and coded representation of the characters in Columns 10 to 15

(All positions from A0-FF are used for graphic characters)

Bit combination	Hex	ISO 10646	Name
10/00	A0	00A0	NO-BREAK SPACE
10/01	A1	010C	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON
10/02	A2	010D	LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON
10/03	A3	0110	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH STROKE
10/04	A4	0111	LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE
10/05	A5	01E4	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH STROKE
10/06	A6	01E5	LATIN SMALLL LETTER G WITH STROKE
10/07	A7	00A7	SECTION SIGN
10/08	A8	01E6	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH CARON
10/09	A9	00A9	COPYRIGHT SIGN
10/10	AA	01E7	LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CARON
10/11	AB	00AB	LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLED QUOTATION MARK
10/12	AC	01E8	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH CARON
10/13	AD	00AD	SOFT HYPHEN
10/14	AE	01E9	LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH CARON
10/15	AF	014A	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ENG
11/00	B0	00B0	DEGREE SIGN
11/01	B1	014B	LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG
11/02	B2	0160	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
11/03	B3	0161	LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
11/04	B4	00B4	ACUTE ACCENT
11/05	B5	0166	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T WITH STROKE
11/06	B6	00B6	PILCROW SIGN
11/07	B7	00B7	MIDDLE DOT
11/08	B8	0167	LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH STROKE
11/09	B9	017D	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
11/10	BA	017E	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
11/11	BB	00BB	RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLED QUOTATION MARK
11/12	BC	01B7	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EZH
11/13	BD	0292	LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH
11/14	BE	01EE	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EZH WITH CARON
11/15	BF	01EF	LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH CARON
12/10	C0	00C0	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
12/11	C1	00C1	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
12/12	C2	00C2	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
12/13	C3	00C3	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
12/14	C4	00C4	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
12/15	C5	00C5	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
12/16	C6	00C6	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE
12/17	C7	00C7	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
12/18	C8	00C8	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
12/19	C9	00C9	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
12/10	CA	00CA	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
12/11	CB	00CB	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
12/12	CC	00CC	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
12/13	CD	00CD	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
12/14	CE	00CE	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
12/15	CF	00CF	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
13/10	D0	00D0	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ETH
13/11	D1	00D1	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
13/12	D2	00D2	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
13/13	D3	00D3	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
13/14	D4	00D4	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
13/15	D5	00D5	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
13/16	D6	00D6	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
13/17	D7	00D7	MULTIPLICATION SIGN
13/18	D8	00D8	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE
13/19	D9	00D9	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
13/10	DA	00DA	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
13/11	DB	00DB	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
13/12	DC	00DC	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
13/13	DD	00DD	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
13/14	DE	00DE	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN
13/15	DF	00DF	LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S (German)
14/00	E0	00E0	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
15/11	E1	00E1	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
15/12	E2	00E2	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
15/13	E3	00E3	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE
15/14	E4	00E4	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
15/15	E5	00E5	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
15/16	E6	00E6	LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
15/17	E7	00E7	LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
15/18	E8	00E8	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
15/19	E9	00E9	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
15/10	EA	00EA	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
15/11	EB	00EB	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
15/12	EC	00EC	LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
15/13	ED	00ED	LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
15/14	EE	00EE	LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
15/15	EF	00EF	LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
16/10	F0	00F0	LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH
16/11	F1	00F1	LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
16/12	F2	00F2	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
16/13	F3	00F3	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
16/14	F4	00F4	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
16/15	F5	00F5	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
16/16	F6	00F6	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
16/17	F7	00F7	DIVISION SIGN
16/18	F8	00F8	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
16/19	F9	00F9	LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
16/10	FA	00FA	LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
16/11	FB	00FB	LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
16/12	FC	00FC	LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
16/13	FD	00FD	LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
16/14	FE	00FE	LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN
16/15	FF	00FF	LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS

6.2 Code table

For each character in the set the code table (table 2) shows a graphic symbol at the position in the code table corresponding to the bit combination specified in table 1A or 1B.

The shaded positions in the code table correspond to bit combinations that do not represent graphic characters. Their use is outside the scope of ISO/IEC 8859; it is specified in other International Standards, for example ISO/IEC 6429.

Table 2 - Code table of Latin alphabet No. 9 (Sámi)

NOTE: The lightly shaded boxes to the left of and below the code table give the hexadecimal notation of the characters' code positions for the convenience of the user of this standard. To find the address of a character, read first the horizonta rowl, then the vertical column (so 13/15 or DF = ß).

7 Identification of the character set

7.1 Identification according to ISO/IEC 2022 and ISO/IEC 4873

The graphic characters of this part of ISO/IEC 8859 constitute a single coded character set. However in accordance with ISO/IEC 2022 and ISO/IEC 4873 the code table of this part of ISO/IEC 8859 may be considered to consist of the following components:

The character SPACE represented by bit combination 02/00;
a 94-character G0 graphic character set represented by bit combinations 02/01 to 07/14;
a 96-character G1 graphic character set represented by bit combinations 10/00 to 15/15.

When the identification methods of ISO/IEC 2022 or ISO/IEC 4873 are used this part of ISO/IEC 8859 shall be identified by the following pair of designation functions:

XX/XX XX/XX

(to be supplied)

NOTE: The corresponding escape dequences are shown in parentheses.

7.2 Identification according to ISO/IEC 8824 (ASN.1)

In the terminology of ISO/IEC 8824 the character set of this part of ISO/IEC 8859 and the corresponding coded representations are distinct, and are known as the "character abstract syntax" and the "character transfer syntax" respectively.

When the identification methods of ISO/IEC 8824 are used this part of ISO/IEC 8859 shall be identified by the following object identifiers:

character set
coded representations

The corresponding object descriptions shall be:

character set
coded representations

7.3 Identification using the ISO International register of coded character sets to be used with escape sequences

According to 7.1 above the character set of this part of ISO/IEC 8859 may be considered to consist of the character SPACE, a 94-character G0 graphic character set, and a 96-character G1 graphic character set. The G0 and G1 graphic character sets may be identified by the use of the Registration Numbers from the ISO International register of coded character sets to be used with escape sequences.

When these registration numbers are used this part of ISO/IEC 8859 shall be identifed by the following pair of registration numbers:

G0 graphic character set ISO-IR 6
G1 graphic character set ISO-IR xxx (to be supplied)

Annex A (informative) Coverage of languages by parts 1 to 10 of ISO/IEC 8859

A.1 Languages written in Latin script

(To be supplied)

A.2 Languages written in non-Latin scripts