BSISO/IEC BRITISHSTANDARD 8859-8:1999 Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet ICS 35.040 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW BSIS0/IEC8859-8:1999 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999 and implements it as the UK national standard. TheUKparticipationin itspreparationwas entrustedtoTechnical Committee IST/2, Character sets and information coding, which has the responsibilityto: -aid enquirers to understand the text; presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeany enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publicationsreferred to in this documentmay be found intheBSI Standards Catalogueunderthe sectionentitled“InternationalStandards Correspondence Index", or by using the“Find"facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does notofitselfconferimmunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and i, the ISO/IEC title page, pages ii to iv, pages 1 to 9 and a back cover. This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendmentsincorporated.Thiswillbeindicatedintheamendmenttableon the inside front cover. This British Standard, having Amendmentsissuedsincepublication beenpreparedunderthe direction of the Disc Board, Amd. No. Date Comments was published underthe authority of the Standards Committee and comes intoeffecton 15April1999 C BSI 03-2000 ISBN0580324117 BSIS0/IEC8859-8:1999 Contents Page National foreword Insidefront cover Foreword ii Text of ISO/IEC 8859-8 1 CBSI 03-2000 i