ISO/IEC 8859

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8-bit character set character encoding standard family

ISO/IEC 8859 is a family of 8-bit character encoding standards that define various single-byte coded character sets for different languages and scripts, widely used before the adoption of Unicode.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
ISO/IEC 8859 canonical	3
ISO/IEC 8859 series	2
ISO/IEC 8859-2	1
ISO/IEC 8859-4	1
ISO/IEC 8859-5	1
ISO/IEC 8859-6	1
ISO/IEC 8859-8	1
ISO/IEC 8859-9	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1209443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO/IEC 8859
Context triple: [ISO/IEC 10646, relatedStandard, ISO/IEC 8859]

A. ISO/IEC 8859-1
ISO/IEC 8859-1 is an 8-bit single-byte character encoding standard that covers Western European languages and was widely used before the adoption of Unicode.
B. ISO 646
ISO 646 is an international standard for 7-bit character encodings that defines a set of basic Latin characters and allows national variants, serving as a foundation for many early computer character sets.
C. ISO/IEC 10646
ISO/IEC 10646 is an international standard that defines the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS), a comprehensive repertoire of characters used worldwide and closely aligned with the Unicode Standard.
D. Latin-1 Supplement
Latin-1 Supplement is a Unicode block that extends the basic Latin script with additional characters, including accented letters and symbols used in many Western European languages.
E. Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization that standardizes the representation of text and symbols in digital systems worldwide through the Unicode Standard.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO/IEC 8859
Target entity description: ISO/IEC 8859 is a family of 8-bit character encoding standards that define various single-byte coded character sets for different languages and scripts, widely used before the adoption of Unicode.

A. ISO/IEC 8859-1
ISO/IEC 8859-1 is an 8-bit single-byte character encoding standard that covers Western European languages and was widely used before the adoption of Unicode.
B. ISO 646
ISO 646 is an international standard for 7-bit character encodings that defines a set of basic Latin characters and allows national variants, serving as a foundation for many early computer character sets.
C. ISO/IEC 10646
ISO/IEC 10646 is an international standard that defines the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS), a comprehensive repertoire of characters used worldwide and closely aligned with the Unicode Standard.
D. Latin-1 Supplement
Latin-1 Supplement is a Unicode block that extends the basic Latin script with additional characters, including accented letters and symbols used in many Western European languages.
E. Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization that standardizes the representation of text and symbols in digital systems worldwide through the Unicode Standard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	8-bit character set ⓘ character encoding standard family ⓘ
category	legacy character encoding ⓘ
characterRange	printable characters in positions 160–255 ⓘ
characterSize	single-byte ⓘ
codeSpace	0–255 ⓘ
controlRange	control characters in positions 0–31 ⓘ control characters in positions 127–159 ⓘ
defines	single-byte coded character sets ⓘ
designedFor	Arabic alphabet ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ surface form: Cyrillic alphabet Greek alphabet ⓘ Hebrew alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ Middle Eastern languages ⓘ South American languages ⓘ Thai script ⓘ various European languages ⓘ
encodingWidth	8-bit ⓘ
extends	ASCII ⓘ
hasMember	ISO/IEC 8859-1 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859-10 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859-11 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859-13 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859-14 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859-15 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859-16 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-2 ISO/IEC 8859-3 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-4 ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-5 ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-6 ISO/IEC 8859-7 ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-8 ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-9
influenced	code pages used in DOS ⓘ code pages used in Windows ⓘ
maintainedBy	International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
omitsMemberNumber	12 ⓘ 16-bit encodings ⓘ
partOf	IEC standards ⓘ ISO standards ⓘ
primaryDesignGoal	support regional language groups with 8-bit encodings ⓘ
relatedStandard	ISO/IEC 2022 ⓘ surface form: ISO 2022 Unicode ⓘ
status	largely superseded by Unicode ⓘ
typicalUse	early internet protocols ⓘ legacy systems ⓘ older operating systems ⓘ
usedBefore	widespread adoption of Unicode ⓘ
usesCodePoints	0–127 from ASCII ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO/IEC 10646 → relatedStandard → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ

ISO/IEC 8859-1 → partOf → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ

ISO 646 → influenced → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ

this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859 series

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 → responsibleForStandard → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ