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ISO 15924: Script Codes
Date added 27 August 2007
Last edited 9 November 2009
Full Title
ISO 15924: Information and Documentation - Codes for the Representation of Names of Scripts
Description
ISO 15924: Information and Documentation - Codes for the Representation of Names of Scripts defines both 4 letter and numeric codes to uniquely identify scripts used for the written form of a language.\r\nWhere the name of the script is identical to the name of the language, the first three letters of the 4 letter code correspond to the 3 letter language codes designated by ISO 639-2:1998.\r\n
Standards Developing Organisation
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
Rights
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Lifecycle Actions
- Access, Use and Reuse
- Description and Representation Information
Standard Framework
- Digital Archive Standards
Standard Type
- Metadata Content Standards
Current Version
- ISO 15924:2004, Information and Documentation -Codes for the Representation of Names of Scripts [external]
- Full text available for purchase from ISO.
Further Information
- ISO 15924:2004 Codes for the representation of names of scripts [external]
- The full code list from the ISO 15924 Registration Authority
- ISO 15924/RA Notice of Changes [external]
- Additions and Changes to ISO 15924 Codes
- Wikipedia entry for ISO 15924 [external]
Alternative Current Versions
None.
Previous Versions
None.
Referenced Standards
- ISO 639-2:1998, Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages - Part 2: Alpha-3 Code