NF ISO 639-4

NF ISO 639-4

September 2010
Standard Current

Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 4 : general principles of coding of the representation of names of languages and related entities, and application guidelines

ISO 639-4:2010 gives the general principles of language coding using the codes that are specified in the other parts of ISO 639 and their combination with other codes. It also lays down guidelines for the use of any combination of the parts of ISO 639. The terminology and general descriptions of ISO 639-4 are intended to replace corresponding text of other parts of ISO 639 as relevant in future revisions. Relevant metadata for the description of linguistic entities are given, as a framework for databases of linguistic data to support the ISO 639 series.

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National standards and national normative documents

Publication date

September 2010

Number of pages

34 p.

Reference

NF ISO 639-4

ICS Codes

01.140.20   Information sciences

Classification index

X03-002-4

Print number

1 - 01/09/2010

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Sumary
Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 4 : general principles of coding of the representation of names of languages and related entities, and application guidelines

ISO 639-4:2010 gives the general principles of language coding using the codes that are specified in the other parts of ISO 639 and their combination with other codes. It also lays down guidelines for the use of any combination of the parts of ISO 639.

The terminology and general descriptions of ISO 639-4 are intended to replace corresponding text of other parts of ISO 639 as relevant in future revisions.

Relevant metadata for the description of linguistic entities are given, as a framework for databases of linguistic data to support the ISO 639 series.

Table of contents
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  • Avant-propos
    iv
  • Introduction
    v
  • 1 Domaine d'application
    1
  • 2 Références normatives
    1
  • 3 Termes et définitions
    2
  • 4 Concepts fondamentaux de codage des langues
    6
  • 4.1 Indicatifs de langue et langues
    6
  • 4.2 Langues individuelles
    6
  • 4.3 Macrolangues
    6
  • 4.4 Norme linguistique
    7
  • 4.5 Dialectes
    7
  • 4.6 Codets de langues collectifs et groupes de langues
    8
  • 4.7 Langues mortes, anciennes et historiques
    8
  • 4.8 Langues artificielles
    8
  • 4.9 Systèmes d'écriture et écritures
    8
  • 5 Relations entre les parties de l'ISO 639
    8
  • 5.1 Parties de l'ISO 639
    8
  • 5.2 Norme ISO 639 comme espace de codage
    9
  • 5.3 Principes
    9
  • 5.4 Mise à jour commune et base de données de codage des langues
    9
  • 6 Problèmes d'implémentation
    10
  • 6.1 Applications
    10
  • 6.2 Sous-ensembles du tableau de codes
    10
  • 6.3 Groupes de langues
    11
  • 7 Combinaison des indicatifs de langue avec d'autres normes ou d'autres codes
    11
  • 7.1 Combinaison de l'ISO 639 avec l'ISO 3166
    11
  • 7.2 Combinaison de l'ISO 639 avec l'ISO 19111 et l'ISO 19112
    12
  • 7.3 Combinaison de l'ISO 639 avec l'ISO 15924
    12
  • 7.4 Autres combinaisons de codes
    12
  • 7.5 Format des indicatifs combinés
    12
  • 8 Format de description de la langue (LDF)
    13
  • 8.1 Compatibilité entre le modèle ISO 639 et l'ISO 12620
    13
  • 8.2 Extensions de l'ISO 639 au LDF de l'ISO 12620
    20
  • 8.3 Informations sur la langue
    24
  • Annexe A (informative) Direction générale de l'ISO 639
    26
  • Bibliographie
    28
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