Technologies de l'information — Principes directeurs pour l'organisation et la représentation des éléments de données — Méthodes et principes de codage

Provides general guidance on the manner on which data can be expressed by codes. Describes the objectives of coding, the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of different coding methods, the features of codes and gives guidelines for the design of codes. Examples of applications are ISO 9735:1988, ISO 8601:1988, ISO 3166:1993.