BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 8957:1996 Information and documentation - Hebrew alphabet coded character sets for bibliographic information interchange ICS 35.040 BS IS08957:1996 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 8957:1996 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee IDT/2, Information and Documentation, to Subcommittee IDT/2/7, Mechanized Information, which has the responsibility to: - aid enquirers to understand the text; - present to the responsible international/European committee any 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 subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled International Standards 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 not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and i, the ISO title page, pages ii to iv, pages 1 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover. This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the inside front cover. This British Standard, having Amendments issued since publication been prepared under the direction of the DISC Board, Amd. No. Date Comments was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effecton 15 November 1997 CBSI 03-2000 ISBN 0 580 28728 9 BS ISO 8957:1996 Contents Page National foreword Inside front cover Foreword ii Text of ISO 8957 1 BSI 03-2000 1