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The Bureau of Indian Standards supports its own encoding standard, established by 1991 ([http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/multi_sys/exist_codes.php#Interchange]), which provides an 8-bit encoding using escape sequences to announce the language of the following coded character sequence. Modifications were proposed in 1997, but were not adopted. ([http://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/Archives-Old/UML012/0086.html], see "Annex A")
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The Bureau of Indian Standards supports its own encoding standard, which provides an 8-bit encoding using escape sequences to announce the language of the following coded character sequence:
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: [http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net/iscii91.pdf Indian Script Code for Information Exchange - ISCII (IS13194:1991)]
: [http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net/iscii91.pdf Indian Script Code for Information Exchange - ISCII (IS13194:1991)]
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==Differences between PDF and actual standard==
==Differences between PDF and actual standard==
The PDF warns:
The PDF warns:
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: The tabulation and Roman transliteration is not identical to the original document due to differences in the typesetting software used earlier. The purpose is to convey the information only and no reference should be made to this soft copy as a standard document. Annex G and H are not included in this soft copy. The original document is available from the following address (Group LTD-37)
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: {{hq|The tabulation and Roman transliteration is not identical to the original document due to differences in the typesetting software used earlier. The purpose is to convey the information only and no reference should be made to this soft copy as a standard document. Annex G and H are not included in this soft copy. The original document is available from the following address (Group LTD-37)
::BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
::BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
::MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
::MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
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::Phone: +91-11-3239402, 3232979  
::Phone: +91-11-3239402, 3232979  
::Fax: +91-11-3234062, 3239399, 3239382
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* [http://blogs.iitk.ac.in/praneeth/2008/09/20/iscii-the-desi-scii/ code for ISCII to UTF-8 conversion]
* [http://blogs.iitk.ac.in/praneeth/2008/09/20/iscii-the-desi-scii/ code for ISCII to UTF-8 conversion]
* [http://www.exnet.btinternet.co.uk/uniprop/faqerrata.htm The (unofficial) Unicode Indic FAQ Errata], Andy White.
* [http://www.exnet.btinternet.co.uk/uniprop/faqerrata.htm The (unofficial) Unicode Indic FAQ Errata], Andy White.
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The Bureau of Indian Standards supports its own encoding standard, established by 1991 ([1]), which provides an 8-bit encoding using escape sequences to announce the language of the following coded character sequence. Modifications were proposed in 1997, but were not adopted. ([2], see "Annex A")

Indian Script Code for Information Exchange - ISCII (IS13194:1991)


Differences between PDF and actual standard

The PDF warns:

The tabulation and Roman transliteration is not identical to the original document due to differences in the typesetting software used earlier. The purpose is to convey the information only and no reference should be made to this soft copy as a standard document. Annex G and H are not included in this soft copy. The original document is available from the following address (Group LTD-37)
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110 002
Phone: +91-11-3239402, 3232979
Fax: +91-11-3234062, 3239399, 3239382
Email: bisind@del2.vsnl.net.in


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