ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14957 Second edition 2010-12-15 Information technology Representation of data element values Notation of the format Technologies de I'information Représentation des valeurs des éléments de données - Notation du format Reference number ISO/IEC 14957:2010(E) IEC Iso ISO/IEC2010 ISO/IEC 14957:2010(E) PDF disclaimer shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. COPYRiGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO/IEC2010 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic:or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or IsO's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. +(41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ISO/IEC2010-All rightsreserved ISO/IEC 14957:2010(E) Foreword ISsO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO orTEC participate in the development ofInternationalStandards through technical committees establishedbytherespectiveorganizationtodealwithparticularfieldsoftechnicalactivity.IsOandIEC and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEc Directives, Part 2. The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IEC 14957 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee Sc 32, Data management and interchange. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (IsO/IEC 14957:1996), which has been technically revised. All rights reserved ii