STD.IS0 843-ENGL 1997 0783588 832 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 843 First edition 1997-01-15 Corrected and reprinted 1999-05-01 Information and documentation -- Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters Informationetdocumentation- Conversiondescaracteresgrecsen caracteres latins This material is reproduced from iso documents under International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Copyright License Number IHS/ICC/1996. Not for resale. No part of these Iso documents may be reproduced in any form, electronic retrieval system or otherwise, except as allowed in the copyright law of the country of use. orwiththepriorwrittenconsent of iso(Casepostale56,1211Geneva20, Switzerland, Fax +4122734 10 79),IHS or the ISo Licensor's members. ISO Reference number iSO843:1997(E) Not for Resale 843-ENGL1997 STD.ISO E06TS9h 0783589 779 ISO 843:1997(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a woridwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through Iso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, aiso take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. ISO/TC 46,Information anddocumentation, Subcommittee SC 2, Conversion of written languages. constitutesatechnicalrevision. Annex A forms an integral part of this International Standard. Annexes B and C are for information only. @ISO1997 reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International OrganizationforStandardization CasePostale56·CH-1211Geneve20·Switzerland Printed in Switzerland CoyrightIntenatinalOganizationfrStandardization nse from IHS Not for Resale STD.IS0 843-ENGL 1997 4851903 0783590 490 INTERNATIONALSTANDARDCISO ISO 843:1997(E) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION - CONVERSION OF GREEK CHARACTERS INTO LATIN CHARACTERS 1 SCOPE This International Standard establishes a system for the transliteration and/or transcription of Greek characters into Latin characters. This system provides for two sets of rules, each constituting a type of conversion, which are: - Type 1, transliteration of Greek characters into Latin characters - Type 2, transcription of Greek characters into Latin characters This system applies to the characters of the Greek script, independent of the period in which it is or was used, i.e. it applies to monotoniko and polytoniko scripts from all periods of Classic or Modern Greek (archaic, alexandrian, hellenistic, byzantine, katharevousa, dimotiki etc.) as well as any other form of writing using the Greek script. Definitions and explanations for the terms used (transliteration, transcription etc.) appear in Annex A. This International Standard does not strictly define which type of conversion shall be used in an application. An application that needs some kind of mapping of Greek characters into Latin characters can choose one, and only one, of these types for a specific purpose. The application must explicitly declare the type adopted This International Standard, however, recommends a preferable way of using the various types of conversion: - Type 1 (transliteration) can be used in information exchange of bibliographic references, directory services and cases where the original text may be unavailable but still needs to be reconstituted. This type can be used in every case that requires the unique