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ISO

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION

ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION

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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2

Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set� (UCS)

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TITLE:����������������������� ����������� ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 information to ETSI/SMG4 on character coding

SOURCE:������������������ Karl Ivar Larsson, on behalf of SC2/WG2 & WG3

DISTRIBUTION:����������� ETSI/SMG4 & SC2/WG2

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 information to ETSI/SMG4 on character coding

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 working groups WG 2 (Multiple-octet codes) and WG 3 (7- and 8-bit codes) held their latest meetings September 13th-17th.� In the meetings a document was entered by Mr K I Larsson regarding the discussions on GSM SMS character coding, September 7th, in the ETSI/SMG4 (3GPP TSG-T) Helsinki meeting; as described in the report from that meeting.

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The WG 2 and WG 3 meetings encouraged the proposed ETSI SMG4 action of harmonizing character definitions in GSM SMS with WG 2 and WG 3 standards, in particular ISO/IEC 10646. The working groups also found continued exchange of information between JTC 1/SC 2 and ETSI/SMG4 clearly advantageous; and adopted resolutions inviting K I Larsson to prepare, in consultation with the group convenors, an appropriate response to the ETSI transmission.

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The charter of the technical working groups is to publish encoding standards that are flexible in architecture, easy to implement on a variety of platforms and contain a repertoire that meets market needs worldwide.� ISO/IEC 10646 is the base universal character set standard for the Internet and programming languages that is being implemented on a variety of operating systems platforms by leading communication and information technology companies and organizations.

 

One specific organization that can provide guidance and help in implementation of ISO/IEC 10646 is the Unicode Consortium (the repertoires and codings of ISO/IEC 10646 and the Unicode Standard are identical).� WG 2 and WG 3 therefore encourage ETSI/SMG4 to establish a working relationship with the Unicode Consortium to acquire guidance and help on specific implementa�tion strategies.