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1、BRITISH STANDARD BS 5249-2: 1978 ISO 5218:1977 Specification for Representation of elements of data in interchanges using data processing systems Part 2: Representation of human sexes ISO title: Information interchange Representation of human sexes UDC 681.3.04:003.35:3-055 Licensed Copy: sheffieldu
2、n sheffieldun, na, Mon Dec 04 13:10:00 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI BS 5249-2:1978 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Data Processing Standards Committee, was published under the authority of the Executive Board on 31 March 1978 BSI 12-1999 The follo
3、wing BSI references relate to the work on this standard: Committee reference DPS/9 Draft for approval 76/64114 ISBN 0 580 10058 8 Cooperating organizations The Data Processing Standards Committee, under whose direction this British Standard was prepared, consists of representatives from the followin
4、g Government departments and scientific and industrial organizations: The organizations marked with an asterisk in the above list, together with the following, were directly represented on the committee entrusted with the preparation of this British Standard: British AirwaysGovernment Communications
5、 Headquarters British Computer Society Ltd.*H M Customs and Excise* British Paper and Board Industry FederationInstitute of Cost attention is especially drawn to the following. Wherever the words “International Standard” appear, referring to this standard, they should be interpreted as “British Stan
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7、prises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii, page 1 and a back cover. This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the inside front cover. Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Mon
8、 Dec 04 13:10:00 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI BS 5249-2:1978 BSI 12-19991 1 Scope and field of application This International Standard specifies a uniform representation of human sexes for the interchange of information. It is intended to: a) reduce the time required to record and/or f
9、ormat the representation of sexes and transmit them; b) improve clarity and accuracy of interchange; c) minimize the amount of human intervention required for communicating the representation of sexes; and d) reduce costs. This International Standard does not prescribe file sequences, storage media,
10、 programming languages, or other features of information processing to be used in its implementation. This International Standard meets the requirements of most applications that need to code human sexes. It does not provide codes for sexes that may be required in specific medical and scientific app
11、lications or in applications that need to code sex information for other than human beings. This International Standard does not supplant national standards for coding sexes that are designed based upon codes derived from the names of the sexes in the various languages (for example “M” for “Male” an
12、d “F” for “Female” in the English language). It provides a numeric code that is independent of language-derived codes and as such is intended to provide a common basis for the international exchange of information containing sex data elements. 2 Representation of sexes Sex is represented by a one-ch
13、aracter numeric code. The following data items and codes are used: 3 Designator The use of this standard and associated codes may be referred to by the designator “SEX”. 4 Qualification No significance is to be placed on the fact that “Male” is coded “1” and “Female” is coded “2”. This standard was
14、developed based upon predominant practices of the countries involved and does not convey any meaning of importance, ranking or any other basis that could imply discrimination. Data itemCode Not known0 (zero) Male1 (one) Female2 (two) Not specified9 (nine) Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na,
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