ISO/IEC 8859-1

E29335
8-bit single-byte character set ISO/IEC standard character encoding

ISO/IEC 8859-1 is an 8-bit single-byte character encoding standard that covers Western European languages and was widely used before the adoption of Unicode.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
ISO Latin 1 1
Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1 1
Latin-1 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 8-bit single-byte character set ⓘ
ISO/IEC standard ⓘ
character encoding ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ISO/IEC 8859-1 ⓘ
surface form: ISO Latin 1

ISO/IEC 8859-1 ⓘ
surface form: Latin-1
bitWidth 8 bits ⓘ
category single-byte encoding ⓘ
codePointsCount 256 ⓘ
codeUnitSize 1 byte ⓘ
controlCharactersRange 0–31 ⓘ
127 ⓘ
coversLanguageGroup Western European languages ⓘ
designedFor Western European text processing systems ⓘ
doesNotIncludeCharacter € ⓘ
extendedCharactersRange 160–255 ⓘ
fullName ISO/IEC 8859-1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1
graphicCharactersCount 191 ⓘ
includesCharacter Á ⓘ
Å ⓘ
Æ ⓘ
Ç ⓘ
É ⓘ
Í ⓘ
Ñ ⓘ
Ó ⓘ
Ø ⓘ
Ú ⓘ
ß ⓘ
includesScript Latin script ⓘ
maintainedBy International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
mimeCharsetName ISO-8859-1 ⓘ
partOf ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ
primaryUseEra pre-Unicode era ⓘ
printableCharactersRange 32–126 ⓘ
registeredWith IANA ⓘ
relatedStandard ISO/IEC 8859-15 ⓘ
Windows-1252 ⓘ
standardNumber ISO/IEC 8859-1 self-link ⓘ
supersededInPracticeBy Unicode ⓘ
supportsLanguage Danish language ⓘ
surface form: Danish

Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Icelandic ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian

Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish
usedAs basis for many Western European encodings ⓘ
default character set in early World Wide Web ⓘ
default encoding in early HTML specifications ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO/IEC 8859-1 → alsoKnownAs → ISO/IEC 8859-1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin-1
ISO/IEC 8859-1 → alsoKnownAs → ISO/IEC 8859-1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO Latin 1
ISO/IEC 8859-1 → fullName → ISO/IEC 8859-1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1
ISO/IEC 8859-1 → standardNumber → ISO/IEC 8859-1 self-link ⓘ