drmutaier Sep 28, 2011:

There are two approaches to treat the reference number of a document; either to keep it as it is pronounced in the source langauge for example UN 1256/S/M shall be translated into Arabic as يو ان 1256/اس /ام and this is also true of the other direction, i.e., from Arabic into English or you know the abbreviation used in the reference number and in this case you use the equivalent initials just like in the previous instance. Accordingly, you can say Ta/ Jim Qaf / 1 or I/N R/ 1. Regards

ahmednesiccairo Sep 28, 2011:

it is for sure the coding system and should remain intact