British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: IDT/2 - Information and documentation
Categories:: Writing and transliteration
Number of comments:: 0

Scope

This document establishes a system for the transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters used to write the Arabic language. This modification of the stringent rules established by ISO 233:1984 is especially intended to facilitate the processing of bibliographic information (e.g. catalogues, indices, citations, etc.).

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1. Proposal (Complete)

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2. Draft (Complete)

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21/01/2026

3. Public Comments

Public Comments start date:

09/04/2026

Public Comments end date:

02/06/2026

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BS ISO 233-1 Information and Documentation — Part 1: Arabic language — Transliteration

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