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diff --git a/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml b/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml
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--- a/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml
+++ b/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1/docbookx.dtd"
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.4//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"
 [
      <!ENTITY % local SYSTEM "local.ent">
      %local;
@@ -8,23 +8,24 @@
      <!ENTITY % idcommon SYSTEM "common/common.ent">
      %idcommon;
 ]>
-<!-- $Id: yaz-iconv-man.xml,v 1.6 2007-05-22 11:10:08 adam Exp $ -->
 <refentry id="yaz-iconv">
  <refentryinfo>
   <productname>YAZ</productname>
   <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
+  <info><orgname>Index Data</orgname></info>
  </refentryinfo>
- 
+
  <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>yaz-iconv</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+  <refmiscinfo class="manual">Commands</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>
- 
+
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>yaz-iconv</refname>
-  <refpurpose>YAZ Charcter set conversion utility</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>YAZ Character set conversion utility</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
- 
+
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>yaz-iconv</command>
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
    <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">file</arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
- 
+
  <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
   <para>
    <command>yaz-iconv</command> converts data in file in character
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@
    <command>yaz-iconv</command> reads from standard input.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
- 
+
  <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
-  
+
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term>-f<replaceable>from</replaceable>]</term>
@@ -82,6 +83,106 @@
   </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1><title>ENCODINGS</title>
+  <para>
+   The yaz-iconv command and the API as defined in
+   <filename>yaz/yaz-iconv.h</filename> is a wrapper for the
+   library system call iconv. But YAZ' iconv utility also implements
+   conversions on its own. The table below lists characters sets (or encodings).
+   that are supported by YAZ. Each character set is marked with either
+   <emphasis>encode</emphasis> or <emphasis>decode</emphasis>. If
+   an encoding is encode-enabled YAZ may convert <emphasis>to</emphasis>
+   to the designated encoding. If an encoding is decode-enabled, YAZ
+   may convert <emphasis>from</emphasis> the designated encoding.
+  </para>
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>marc8 (encode, decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The <ulink url="&url.marc8;">MARC8</ulink> encoding as defined by
+      the Library of Congress. Most MARC21/USMARC records usees
+      this encoding.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>marc8s (encode, decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Like MARC8 but with conversion prefers non-combined characters
+      in the Latin-1 plane over combined characters.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>marc8lossy (encode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Lossy encoding of MARC-8.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>marc8lossless (encode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Lossless encoding of MARC8.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>utf8 (encode, decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The most commonly used UNICODE encoding on the Internet.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>iso8859-1 (encode, decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      ISO-8859-1, AKA Latin-1.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>iso5426 (decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      ISO 5426. Some MARC records (UNIMARC) uses this encoding.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>iso5428:1984 (encode, decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      ISO 5428:1984.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>advancegreek (encode, decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      An encoding for Greek used by some vendors (Advance).
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>danmarc (decode)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <ulink url="&url.danmarc.charset;">Danmarc (in danish)</ulink> is
+      an encoding based on UNICODE which is used for DanMARC2 records.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1><title>EXAMPLES</title>
   <para>
    The following command converts from ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) to
@@ -90,7 +191,7 @@
     yaz-iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 -X &lt;input.lst &gt;output.lst
    </screen>
   </para>
- </refsect1> 
+ </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1><title>FILES</title>
   <para>