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Character encoding, coded
UN/EDIFACT Syntax Version 4 Release 1 Service Code List

Repr:an..3
Desc:Coded identification of the character encoding used in the interchange.
This table also occurs in the following versions of this standard:
40000, 40001, 40002, 40003, 40004, 40005, 40006, 40007, 40100, 40101, 40102

1ASCII 7 bit
ASCII 7 bit code.
2ASCII 8 bit
ASCII 8 bit code.
3Code page 500 (EBCDIC Multinational No. 5)
Encoding schema for the repertoire as defined by the code page.
4Code page 850 (IBM PC Multinational)
Encoding schema for the repertoire as defined by the code page.
5UCS-2
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) two-octet per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1.
6UCS-4
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) four-octet per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1.
7UTF-8
UCS Transformation Format 8 (UTF-8) multi-octet (of length one to six octets) per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1, Annex R.
8UTF-16
UCS Transformation Format 16 (UTF-16) two-octet per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1, Annex Q.
ZZZMutually agreed
Mutually agreed between trading partners.

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