GB/T 19708-2005
Alphabetical ordering of multilingual terminological and lexicographical data represented in the Latin alphabet (English Version)

Standard No.

GB/T 19708-2005

Language

Chinese, Available in English version

Release Date

2005

Published By

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People‘s Republic of China

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GB/T 19708-2005

Scope

This standard specifies the rules for alphabetical ordering of multilingual terms and dictionary materials (terms, term components or words) expressed in the Latin alphabet. This standard has taken into account the character sets of various languages represented by the Latin alphabet in the existing terminology and dictionary data records, and also considers the character sets used when transcribing materials in other languages into the Latin alphabet according to international norms . The alphabetic character rules given in this standard are only applicable to occasions where multiple languages are used at the same time, and do not affect the alphabetical ordering of each language itself. The text of this standard specifies the method for alphabetically sorting character strings. Appendix A of this standard gives the rules for word-by-word sorting, and word-by-word sorting is currently widely used. Appendix B of this standard introduces two additional rules to assist in the ordering of dictionaries and terms. Appendix C of this standard introduces the ordering rules for chemical names. Appendix D of this standard lists the various characters of the Latin alphabet. Appendix E of this standard lists languages using the Latin alphabet. Appendix F of this standard gives some alphabetical order that deviates from this standard for languages using the Latin alphabet system. Appendix G of this standard provides a normative description of the text of this standard, and the rules comply with ISO/IEC 14651.

GB/T 19708-2005 Referenced Document

• GB 13000.1 Information technology.Universal multiple.Octet coded character set (UCS).Part 1:Architecture and basic multilingual plane
• GB/T 15237.1-2000 Terminology work--Vocabulary--Part 1: Theory and application
• GB/T 17532-1998 Terminology work--Computer applications--Vocabulary
• GB/T 4880-1991 Code for the representation of names of language
• GB/T 4880.2-2000 Codes for the representation of names of languages--Part 2: Alpha-3 code

GB/T 19708-2005 history

• 2005 GB/T 19708-2005 Alphabetical ordering of multilingual terminological and lexicographical data represented in the Latin alphabet