ALA character set

[URBAN ANDERSSON]

One very basic question (I think):

How is the ALA character set related/similair to ISO 8859-1/Latin 1, 
that is, does it cover all Western European/Scandinavian characters, 
such as Å (A with ring over), Ä (A with diaeresis/umlaut) and other 
characters with different diacritics used in those languages?
I understand it uses 8-bit characters.

Is there a specification/list of the ALA character set anywhere on the 
web?

I am very grateful for any help. Please reply to me personally.

Urban Andersson
University College of Borås
ua at adm.hb.se