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Standards related to Unicode
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<p>There are several standards related to <a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a>. Some are national standards that provide translated versions of sections of Unicode. Some provide guidance on using Unicode for languages frequently used in a region. Some are maintained to be in sync with Unicode. </p> Third-party standards related to Unicode<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Name</th><th scope="col">Organization</th><th scope="col">Notes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/BSI_Group/VljYYY4o">BSI</a> ISO/IEC 10646</th><td>British Standards Institution</td><td>UK adoption of ISO/IEC 10646</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/DIN_91379/FNhXRDR7">DIN 91379</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Deutsches_Institut_f%C3%BCr_Normung/BGemsWax">Deutsches Institut für Normung</a></td><td>Unicode subset for Europe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Chinese_National_Standards/tHoS5Sbs">CNS</a> 14649</th><td>Chinese National Standards (<a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Taiwan</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/List_of_GB_standards/bUH1ggRa">GB</a> 13000</th><td>Chinese government standard</td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/GB_18030/axxAXC8d">GB 18030</a></th><td>Chinese government standard</td><td>Repertoire synchronized with ISO/IEC 10646</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/INCITS/CXq4JYfR">INCITS</a>/ISO/IEC 10646</th><td>International Committee for Information Technology Standards</td><td>US adoption of ISO/IEC 10646</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">ISIRI 6219</th><td><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Standards_and_Industrial_Research_of_Iran/qvc38l2X">Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">ISO</a>/<a href="/facts/International_Electrotechnical_Commission/hSK0kjwI">IEC</a> 10646</th><td>International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission</td><td>Repertoire synchronized with Unicode</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Japanese_Industrial_Standards/qLrjj90V">JIS</a> X 0221</th><td>Japanese Industrial Standards</td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">KS X 1005</th><td>South Korean standard</td><td>Formerly KS C 5700; abolished in 2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">TCVN 6909</th><td>Vietnam standard</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Lunde, Ken. <i>CJKV Information Processing</i>. Cambridge, Massachusetts: O'Reilly & Associates, 1998. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-56592-224-7. Page 120.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#national">Has UCS been adopted as a national standard?</a></li></ul>