ISO-IR-111

KOI8-E (1986)
Alias(es)ISO-IR-111
Language(s)Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian (partial)
StandardECMA-113:1986
ClassificationExtended ASCII, KOI
ExtendsKOI8-B
Succeeded byECMA-113:1988 (ISO-8859-5)
Other related encoding(s)KOI8-F

ISO-IR-111[1] or KOI8-E[2] is an 8-bit character set. It is a multinational extension of KOI-8 for Belarusian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Ukrainian (except Ґґ which is added to KOI8-F). The name "ISO-IR-111" refers to its registration number in the ISO-IR registry, and denotes it as a set usable with ISO/IEC 2022.

It was defined by the first (1986) edition of ECMA-113,[3] which is the Ecma International standard corresponding to ISO/IEC 8859-5, and as such also corresponds to a 1987 draft version of ISO-8859-5.[4] The published editions of ISO/IEC 8859-5 instead correspond to subsequent editions of ECMA-113, which defines a different encoding.[5]

Naming confusion

ISO-IR-111, the 1985 edition of ECMA-113 (also called "ECMA-Cyrillic" or "KOI8-E"), was based on the 1974 edition of GOST 19768 (i.e. KOI-8). In 1987 ECMA-113 was redesigned.[5] These newer editions of ECMA-113 are equivalent to ISO-8859-5,[5][6] and do not follow the KOI layout. This confusion has led to a common misconception that ISO-8859-5 was defined in or based on GOST 19768-74.[6]

Possibly as another consequence of this, RFC 1345 erroneously lists a different codepage under the names "ISO-IR-111" and "ECMA-Cyrillic", resembling ISO-8859-5 with re-ordered rows, and partially compatible with Windows-1251.[7][6] Due to concerns that existing implementations might use the RFC 1345 definition for those two labels, it was proposed that the IANA additionally recognise KOI8-E as a label for ECMA-113:1985 content,[7] and the IANA presently lists that label as an alias.[2]

Character set

The following table shows the ISO-IR-111 encoding. Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point.

ISO-IR-111
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x
1x
2x  SP  ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
3x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
4x @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
5x P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
6x ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
7x p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
8x
9x
Ax NBSP ђ
0452
ѓ
0453
ё
0451
є
0454
ѕ
0455
і
0456
ї
0457
ј
0458
љ
0459
њ
045A
ћ
045B
ќ
045C
SHY ў
045E
џ
045F
Bx
2116
Ђ
0402
Ѓ
0403
Ё
0401
Є
0404
Ѕ
0405
І
0406
Ї
0407
Ј
0408
Љ
0409
Њ
040A
Ћ
040B
Ќ
040C
¤
00A4
Ў
040E
Џ
040F
Cx ю
044E
а
0430
б
0431
ц
0446
д
0434
е
0435
ф
0444
г
0433
х
0445
и
0438
й
0439
к
043A
л
043B
м
043C
н
043D
о
043E
Dx п
043F
я
044F
р
0440
с
0441
т
0442
у
0443
ж
0436
в
0432
ь
044C
ы
044B
з
0437
ш
0448
э
044D
щ
0449
ч
0447
ъ
044A
Ex Ю
042E
А
0410
Б
0411
Ц
0426
Д
0414
Е
0415
Ф
0424
Г
0413
Х
0425
И
0418
Й
0419
К
041A
Л
041B
М
041C
Н
041D
О
041E
Fx П
041F
Я
042F
Р
0420
С
0421
Т
0422
У
0423
Ж
0416
В
0412
Ь
042C
Ы
042B
З
0417
Ш
0428
Э
042D
Щ
0429
Ч
0427
Ъ
042A

Extended and modified versions

A modified version named KOI8 Unified or KOI8-F was used in software produced by Fingertip Software, adding the Ґ in its KOI8-U location (replacing the soft hyphen and displacing the universal currency sign), and adding some graphical characters in the C1 control codes area, mainly from KOI8-R and Windows-1251.[4][6][8][9]

Incorrect RFC 1345 code page

RFC 1345's "ECMA-Cyrillic"
Language(s)Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Serbian
StandardRFC 1345
ClassificationExtended ASCII
Transforms / EncodesISO-IR-111
Other related encoding(s)ISO-8859-5, Windows-1251

RFC 1345 erroneously lists a different code page under the name ISO-IR-111, encoding the same Cyrillic characters but with a different layout. It resembles a mixture of Windows-1251 and ISO-8859-5.[7] Specifically, line A_ corresponds to ISO-8859-5, lines C_ through F_ correspond to Windows-1251[6] (equivalent to lines B_ through E_ of ISO-8859-5), and line B_ nearly corresponds to line F_ of ISO-8859-5, with the exception of the § being replaced with a ¤.

Certain codes resemble ISO-IR-111 with flipped letter case, which may have contributed to the confusion. The majority differ and are shown below.

Code page erroneously labelled "ISO-IR-111" or "ECMA-Cyrillic" in RFC 1345
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
Ax NBSP Ё Ђ Ѓ Є Ѕ І Ї Ј Љ Њ Ћ Ќ SHY Ў Џ
Bx ё ђ ѓ є ѕ і ї ј љ њ ћ ќ ¤ ў џ
Cx А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П
Dx Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Ex а б в г д е ж з и й к л м н о п
Fx р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я
  Deviating from ISO-IR-111 (excluding deviations in case only)

See also

References

  1. ^ ECMA (1 August 1985). Right-hand Part of the Cyrillic Alphabet (PDF). ITSCJ/IPSJ. ISO-IR-111.
  2. ^ a b "Character Sets". IANA.
  3. ^ ECMA-113. 8-Bit Single-Byte Coded Graphic Character Sets - Latin/Cyrillic Alphabet (1st ed., June 1986)
  4. ^ a b Czyborra, Roman (1998-11-30) [1998-05-25]. "The Cyrillic Charset Soup". Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  5. ^ a b c ECMA-113. 8-Bit Single-Byte Coded Graphic Character Sets - Latin/Cyrillic Alphabet (2nd ed., June 1988)
  6. ^ a b c d e Nechayev, Valentin (2013) [2001]. "Review of 8-bit Cyrillic encodings universe". Archived from the original on 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  7. ^ a b c Sokolov, Michael (2003-04-05). "ECMA-cyrillic alias iso-ir-111 sore". IETF Charsets Mailing List.
  8. ^ "KOI8 Unified". Fingertip Software. Archived from the original on 1998-01-09. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  9. ^ Leisher, Mark (2008) [1998-03-05]. "KOI8 Unified Cyrillic to Unicode 2.1 mapping table". Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University. Retrieved 2020-05-02.