ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 11548-1 First edition 2001-12-15 Communication aids for blind persons Identifiers, names and assignation to coded character sets for 8-dot Braille characters : Part 1: General guidelines for Braille identifiers and shift marks Aides a la communication pour personnes aveugles - ldentificateurs, noms et attribution aux jeux de caracteres codés pour caracteres Braille a 8points- Partie 1: Lignes directrices generales pour les identificateurs Braille et marquesdechangementdecaracteres Reference number ISO/TR 11548-1:2001(E) ISO @ ISO 2001 ISO/TR 11548-1:2001(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat 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 parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event @ISO2001 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 member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.ch Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland ii @ISO 2001 -All rights reserved ISO/TR 11548-1:2001(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope 2 Termsanddefinitions. 3 Braille pattern structure, identification and coding 3.1 Braille pattern structure.. 3.2 Universal multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UcS) 3.3 Braille identifier..... 4 Shift marks 5 5 Assignation of character set indicator Annex A Code tables according to ISO/IEc 10646-1:2000 7 Bibliography @IsO2001-All rights reserved ili