DIN 66303

DIN	66303
Area	Character Encoding
Title	Information Technology; 8-Bit-Code
Summary	Character set standard for character encoding in computer systems
Last output	2000-06
ISO	8859-1

The German standard DIN 66303 is a character set standard, which is used for character encoding in computer systems. The standard DIN 66303 bears the title "Information Technology: 8-Bit-Code" and was established in November 1986 (DIN 66303:1986-11). The most recent edition is from June 2000 (DIN 66303:2000-06).

The character set of the 2000 edition (DIN 66303:2000-06) corresponds in layout and repertoire to the international standard ISO/IEC 8859-1. The still often-used forerunner DIN 66303:1986-11 specified two code pages, the General Reference Version of the 8-Bit-Code (German: Allgemeine Referenz-Version, ARV8) and the German Reference Version of the 8-Bit-Code (German: Deutsche Referenz-Version, DRV8).

DRV8 is an extension of DIN 66003 (the German adaptation of ISO/IEC 646) with European characters, whereas ARV8 represents a re-arrangement of the DIN 66003 characters to their internationally used (ISO-8859-1 or DEC MCS) code points.

Tables for the 1986 edition

DIN 66303:1986-11 – German Reference Version of the 8-bit Code (DRV8)

DRV8

Standard	DIN 66303:1986-11
Classification	Extended ISO 646
Extends	DIN 66003
Transforms / Encodes	ISO-8859-1
Succeeded by	DIN 66303:2000-06 (ISO-8859-1)

The DRV8 code corresponds to ISO-8859-1 with certain characters swapped, such as to make it an extension of DIN 66003 as opposed to of ASCII.

German Reference Version of the 8-bit Code (DRV8)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

0x

NUL

SOH

STX

ETX

EOT

ENQ

ACK

BEL

BS

HT

LF

VT

FF

CR

SO

SI

1x

DLE

DC1

DC2

DC3

DC4

NAK

SYN

ETB

CAN

EM

SUB

ESC

FS

GS

RS

US

2x

SP

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+

,

-

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3x

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

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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

Ä

Ö

Ü

^

_

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

ä

ö

ü

ß

DEL

8x

9x

Ax

NBSP

¡

¢

£

¤

¥

¦

@

¨

©

ª

«

¬

SHY

®

¯

Bx

°

±

²

³

´

µ

¶

·

¸

¹

º

»

¼

½

¾

¿

Cx

À

Á

Â

Ã

[

Å

Æ

Ç

È

É

Ê

Ë

Ì

Í

Î

Ï

Dx

Ð

Ñ

Ò

Ó

Ô

Õ

\

×

Ø

Ù

Ú

Û

]

Ý

Þ

~

Ex

à

á

â

ã

{

å

æ

ç

è

é

ê

ë

ì

í

î

ï

Fx

ð

ñ

ò

ó

ô

õ

|

÷

ø

ù

ú

û

}

ý

þ

ÿ

  Differences from ISO-8859-1

DIN 66303:1986-11 – General Reference Version of the 8-Bit-Code (ARV8)

ARV8

Standard	DIN 66303:1986-11
Classification	Extended ASCII
Extends	US-ASCII
Extensions	DEC MCS BraSCII All "Latin" parts of ISO/IEC 8859 (1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Transforms / Encodes	DIN 66003
Succeeded by	DIN 66303:2000-06 (ISO-8859-1)

The name "ARV8" is associated with ISO-8859-1 without rearrangement. Shown below is the common subset of the Latin parts of ISO 8859, which corresponds to the definition of ARV8 in the 1986 edition of DIN 66303.

General Reference Version of the 8-Bit-Code (ARV8)

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0x

1x

2x

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3x

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5x

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6x

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9x

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Bx

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Ä

Dx

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Ex

ä

Fx

ö

ü