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Standardization of graphic character sets and their characteristics, including string ordering, associated control functions, their coded representation for information interchange and code extension techniques. Excluded: audio and picture coding.

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49

Published ISO standards *

3

ISO standards under development *

23
Participating members
27
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/AHG 1   Work Process Review for ISO/IEC 10646 Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2   Universal coded character set Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 37/SC 2 Terminology workflow and language coding ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 4 Technical interoperability ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 37/SC 2 Terminology workflow and language coding ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 4 Technical interoperability ISO
ISO/TC 204 Intelligent transport systems ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
ISOC Internet Society A
ITU International Telecommunication Union A
UNICODE The Unicode Consortium A
CCSDS Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems B
EC - European Commission European Commission B
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development B
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe B
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization B
WMO World Meteorological Organization B

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
HKITF Hong Kong Information Technology Federation C
SAT Daizōkyō Text Database SAT Daizōkyō Text Database C
TCA Taipei computer association C
UC Berkeley University of California, Berkeley C
W3C World Wide Web Consortium C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
23-27 June 2025 Niigata (Japan) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 **
  June 2026 () ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 **

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 - Secretariat

JISC [Japan]

Information Processing Society of Japan
Room 308-3, Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.,
3-5-8, Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0011
Japan

Tel: +81 3 34 31 28 08
Fax: +81 3 34 31 64 93