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From: beach@herbarium.bpp.msu.edu (Jim Beach)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Alphabet coding schemes fpr Biology
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.143709.20085@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 91 14:37:09 GMT
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Reply-To: beach@herbarium.bpp.msu.edu (Jim Beach)
Organization: Botany, Michigan State University, E. Lansing
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I'm a biologist working with an international biological data standards
group and we are grappling with a geographical data standard that contains
place names in many different alphabets.

We are wondering whether we should mention any specific international
coding scheme for alphabetic characters.  

I would be grateful for even short pointers to ISO's activities or
contacts in this area.

Are there stable standards for the binary representation/communication
of foreign alphabets?

Many thanks in advance.



Jim Beach                                       jhbeach@msu  (Bitnet)
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology        beach@herbarium.bpp.msu.edu
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312, U.S.A