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Provides general guidance on the manner on which data can be expressed by codes. Describes the objectives of coding, the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of different coding methods, the features of codes and gives guidelines for the design of codes. Examples of applications are ISO 9735:1988, ISO 8601:1988, ISO 3166:1993.


General information

  • Status :  Published
    Publication date : 1994-12
  • Edition : 1
    Number of pages : 20
  • Technical Committee
    :
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32
    Data management and interchange
  • ICS :
    35.040.50
    Automatic identification and data capture techniques

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    ISO/IEC TR 9789:1994

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