259 International Standard (ISO Documentation -- Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters Documentation-Translitteration des caracteres hebraiques en caracteres latins First edition - 1984-10-01 This material is reproduced from Iso documents under International Organization for Standardization (IsO) Copyright License number IHS/Icc/1996. Not for resale. No part of these iso documents may be reproduced in any form, electronic retrieval system or otherwise, except as allowed in the copyright law of the country of use, or with the prior written consent of iso (Case postale 56, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, Fax +41 22 734 10 79), iHs or the iso Licensor's members. UDC 003.035 : 003.332.4 Ref. No. 1SO 259-1984 (E) ISO 259-1984 (E) Descriptors : documentation, transliteration, Hebraic characters, Latin characters. Price based on 8pages Copyright International Organization for Standardization Noreproduction or networking pemitted without license from IHS Not for Resale Foreword ISo (the Internationai Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, govern- mental and non-governmental, in liaison with Iso, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by the ISO Council. They are approved in accordance with ISO procedures requiring at least 75 % approval by the member bodies voting international Standard ISO 259 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 46, Documentation. This International Standard cancels and replaces iSO Recommendation R 259-1962, of which it constitutesatechnical revision ? International Organization for Standardization, 1984 Printed in Switzerland Copyrightleatinal Organizatin for Standardization No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO259-1984 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Documentation - Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters 0 Introduction 0.2 General principles of conversion of writing systems 0.1 Standards on conversion of systems of writing 0.2.1 Definitions and methods This International Standard is one of a series of International 0.2.1.1 The words in a language, which are written according Standards dealing with the conversion of systems of writing. to a given script (the converted system), sometimes have to be The aim of this International Standard and others in the series is rendered according to a different system (the conversion to provide a means for international communication of written system), normally used for a different language. This operation messages in a form which permits the automatic transmission is often followed for historical or geographical texts, car- and reconstitution of these by men or machines. The system tographical documents and in particular for bibliographical of conversion, in this case, must be univocal and entirely rever- work in every case where it is necessary to write words supplied sible. invariousalphabets ina mannerthatallows intercalationwith other words in a single alphabet so as to enable a uniform This means that abstraction should be composed of all alphabetization to be made in bibliographies, catalogues, phonetic and esthetic considerations, as well as certain national indices, toponymic lists, etc. customs ; all these considerations are, however, ignored by the machineperformingthefunction It is indispensable in that it permits the univocal transmission of a written message between two countries using different The adoption of this International Standard for international writing systems or exchanging a message the writing of which communication leaves every country free to adopt for its own is different fromtheir own. use a national standard which may be differe