ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8859-6 First edition 1999-01-15 Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet Technologies de I'information - Jeux de caracteres graphiques codés sur unseul octet- Partie 6:A/phabet latin/arabe IEC Reference number ISO/IEC 8859-6:1999(E) Not for Resale ISO/IEC 8859-6:1999 (E) Contents Page Foreword . ili Introduction iv 1 Scope 7 2 Conformance 3 Normative references 4 Definitions 2 5 Notation, code table and names 2 6 Specification of the coded character set 3 7 Identification of the character set Annex A: Coverage of languages by parts 1 to 10 of ISO/IEC8859 8 Annex B: Main differences between IS0 8859-6:1987 and this first edition of this part of ISO/lEC 8859 Annex C: Bibliography 11 ISO/IEC1999 All rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISO/IEC Copyright Office·Case Postale 56·CH-1211Geneve 20·Switzerland Printed in Switzerland ii Copyright International Organization for Standardization Not for Resale @ ISO/IEC ISO/IEC8859-6:1999 (E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of IsO or IEC participate in the development of InternationalStandardsthroughtechnicalcommitteesestablishedby activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Otherinternational organizations,governmental and nongovernmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC1. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard vote. International Standard ISO/IEC 8859-6 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 2, Coded character sets. This edition cancels and replaces Is0 8859-6:1987 which has been technically revised. ISO/IEC 8859 consists of the following parts, under the general title Informationtechnology -8-bitsingle-bytecodedgraphiccharacter sets: Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1 Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2 Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3 Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4 Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5 Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6 Annexes A to C of this part of ISO/lEC 8859 are for information only. Copyright International Organization for Standardization from IHS Not for Resale