ISO/IEC 8859-7

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8-bit single-byte character encoding ISO/IEC 8859 series member character encoding standard

ISO/IEC 8859-7 is an 8-bit character encoding standard designed primarily for the modern Greek language and related symbols.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ISO 8859-7	1
ISO-8859-7	1
ISO/IEC 8859-7 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6442101 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO/IEC 8859-7
Context triple: [ISO/IEC 8859, hasMember, ISO/IEC 8859-7]

A. Cypriot Syllabary block
The Cypriot Syllabary block is a range of Unicode characters representing the ancient syllabic writing system used on Cyprus for writing Greek and other languages.
B. Euboean Greek alphabet
The Euboean Greek alphabet is an early regional variant of the Greek writing system whose letter forms and conventions significantly influenced the development of the Italic scripts, including the Etruscan and ultimately the Latin alphabet.
C. Mediterranean alphabet
The Mediterranean alphabet is a historical family of writing systems used around the Mediterranean basin that evolved from the Phoenician script and gave rise to several ancient alphabets, including Greek, Etruscan, and Latin.
D. ISO/IEC 8859-15
ISO/IEC 8859-15 is an 8-bit single-byte character encoding standard for Western European languages that updates ISO/IEC 8859-1 by including the euro sign and additional characters for improved linguistic coverage.
E. ISO/IEC 8859-1
ISO/IEC 8859-1 is an 8-bit single-byte character encoding standard that covers Western European languages and was widely used before the adoption of Unicode.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO/IEC 8859-7
Target entity description: ISO/IEC 8859-7 is an 8-bit character encoding standard designed primarily for the modern Greek language and related symbols.

A. Cypriot Syllabary block
The Cypriot Syllabary block is a range of Unicode characters representing the ancient syllabic writing system used on Cyprus for writing Greek and other languages.
B. Euboean Greek alphabet
The Euboean Greek alphabet is an early regional variant of the Greek writing system whose letter forms and conventions significantly influenced the development of the Italic scripts, including the Etruscan and ultimately the Latin alphabet.
C. Mediterranean alphabet
The Mediterranean alphabet is a historical family of writing systems used around the Mediterranean basin that evolved from the Phoenician script and gave rise to several ancient alphabets, including Greek, Etruscan, and Latin.
D. ISO/IEC 8859-15
ISO/IEC 8859-15 is an 8-bit single-byte character encoding standard for Western European languages that updates ISO/IEC 8859-1 by including the euro sign and additional characters for improved linguistic coverage.
E. ISO/IEC 8859-1
ISO/IEC 8859-1 is an 8-bit single-byte character encoding standard that covers Western European languages and was widely used before the adoption of Unicode.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	8-bit single-byte character encoding ⓘ ISO/IEC 8859 series member ⓘ character encoding standard ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ECMA-118 ⓘ ISO 8859-7 ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 8859-7 Latin/Greek ⓘ
basedOn	ECMA-118 ⓘ
bitWidth	8-bit ⓘ
category	8-bit extended ASCII ⓘ
characterSetSize	256 code points ⓘ
codeUnitSize	1 byte ⓘ
compatibleWith	ASCII for code points 0–127 ⓘ
definesControlArea	C0 controls at 0–31 ⓘ C1 controls at 128–159 ⓘ
doesNotFullySupport	polytonic Greek orthography ⓘ
encodingType	single-byte character encoding ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1987 ⓘ
hasCodePageRelationship	Windows-1253 (similar but not identical) ⓘ
IANACharsetName	ISO-8859-7 ⓘ
IANAStatus	preferred MIME name ⓘ
includesCharacterCategory	Greek capital letters ⓘ Greek diacritics ⓘ Greek small letters ⓘ currency symbols ⓘ mathematical symbols ⓘ punctuation ⓘ
intendedUse	encoding modern Greek text ⓘ
lowerHalfRange	0–127 identical to ASCII ⓘ
maintainedBy	ISO/IEC JTC 1 ⓘ International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
mimetype	ISO-8859-7 ⓘ linked to: ISO/IEC 8859-7
originalPublicationYear	1987 ⓘ
partOfSeries	ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ
primaryLanguageCoverage	modern Greek ⓘ
regionOfUse	Cyprus ⓘ Greece ⓘ
revisedEditionYear	2003 ⓘ 2003-10-15 ⓘ
scriptCoverage	Greek script ⓘ Latin script (basic ASCII subset) ⓘ
standardizes	mapping between byte values and Greek characters ⓘ
standardNumber	ISO/IEC 8859-7 ⓘ
status	legacy encoding ⓘ
supersededInManyContextsBy	Unicode ⓘ
supports	monotonic Greek orthography ⓘ
upperHalfRange	128–255 Greek and additional symbols ⓘ
usedFor	email and network protocols supporting ISO-8859 charsets ⓘ legacy Greek-language documents ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO/IEC 8859 → hasMember → ISO/IEC 8859-7 ⓘ

ISO/IEC 8859-7 → alsoKnownAs → ISO 8859-7 ⓘ

linked to: ISO/IEC 8859-7

ISO/IEC 8859-7 → mimetype → ISO-8859-7 ⓘ