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Charset Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Charset Types
Lvl | Type, Domain name and/or Mnemonic code | Concept ID | Mnemonic | Print Name | Definition/Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | L: (EBCDIC) | C14863 | EBCDIC | EBCDIC | HL7 is indifferent to the use of this Charset.
1 | L: (ISO-10646-UCS-2) | C14856 | ISO-10646-UCS-2 | ISO-10646-UCS-2 | Deprecated for HL7 use.
1 | L: (ISO-10646-UCS-4) | C14857 | ISO-10646-UCS-4 | ISO-10646-UCS-4 | Deprecated for HL7 use.
1 | L: (ISO-8859-1) | C14859 | ISO-8859-1 | ISO-8859-1 | HL7 is indifferent to the use of this Charset.
1 | L: (ISO-8859-2) | C14860 | ISO-8859-2 | ISO-8859-2 | HL7 is indifferent to the use of this Charset.
1 | L: (ISO-8859-5) | C14861 | ISO-8859-5 | ISO-8859-5 | HL7 is indifferent to the use of this Charset.
1 | L: (JIS-2022-JP) | C14862 | JIS-2022-JP | JIS-2022-JP | HL7 is indifferent to the use of this Charset.
1 | L: (US-ASCII) | C14854 | US-ASCII | US-ASCII | Required for HL7 use.
1 | L: (UTF-7) | C14858 | UTF-7 | UTF-7 | HL7 is indifferent to the use of this Charset.
1 | L: (UTF-8) | C14855 | UTF-8 | UTF-8 | Required for Unicode support.

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