ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 6862 First edition 1996-10-01 Information and documentation Mathematical coded character set for bibliographic information interchange Information et documentation Jeu de caracteres codés mathématiques pour les échanges d'informations bibliographiques ISO Reference number ISO 6862:1996(E) or Standardizatior Noreproductionornetworking pemited withoutlicensefromIHS Not for Resale ISO6862:1996(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO a technical committee has been established has the right to be rep- resented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with sO, also 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 and documentation, Subcommittee SC 4, Com- puter applications in information and documentation. Annex A of this International Standard is for information only. ISO1996 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. International Organization for Standardization Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneve 20 · Switzerland Printed in Switzerland ii Copyright y tens or Standardizatior No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not fr esale INTERNATIONALSTANDARD @ISO ISO6862:1996(E) Information and documentation -- Mathematical coded character set for bibliographic information interchange 1 Scope 1.3 This International Standard is concerned with thetransmission of mathematical characters in biblio- 1.1 This International Standard specifies a set of 188 graphic records, not with their use in source docu- graphic characters with their coded representations. It ments: the descriptions and comments in the legend consists of code tables and a legend showing each aretherefore neitherprescriptive norexhaustive.This graphic together with its name or meaning. Explana- means that there is no restriction against the use of a tory notes are also included. particular symbol in interchange of information in the form in which it appears in the data to be transmitted, 1.2 These characters, together with characters in even if its name or meaning as given in this Inter- the international reference version of ISO 646 (ISO national Standard does not cover its use in that par- escape sequence EsC 2/8 4/0), in the extension of the ticular context. Latin alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange [ISO 54261] and in the Greek alphabet coded character set for bibliographic infor- mation interchange [ISO 54282] constitute a character 2 Normative references set for the international exchange of bibliographic records including their annotations, incorporating symbols mainly from the following disciplines: The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of Algebra this International Standard. At the time of publication, Arithmetic the editions indicated were valid. All standards are Calculus subject to revision, and parties to agreements based Cybernetics on this International Standard are encouraged to Geometry investigate the possibility of applying the most recent Hyperbolic functions editions of the standards indicated below. Members Logic of IEC and ISO maintain registers of currently valid Mechanics InternationalStandards. Probability studies