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  • BS ISO 3166-2:2013

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    Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Country subdivision code

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  27-08-2020

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-11-2013

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Principles for inclusion in the list of country
      subdivision names
    5 Principles for allocation of (country subdivision)
      code elements
    6 Maintenance
    7 Guidelines for users
    8 List of country subdivision names and their
      code elements
    Annex A (informative) - Reference sources for
            country subdivision names and code elements
    Annex B (informative) - Character inventory:
            Guidance for users in cases of difficulties
            with representing diacritics, etc
    Annex C (informative) - Index of ISO 639-1
            names of alpha-2 languages code
            elements used
    Bibliography

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    Describes a universally applicable code for the representation of the names of principal administrative divisions of countries and territories included in ISO 3166-1.

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    Committee IDT/2
    Development Note Supersedes 96/622354 DC. (07/2005) Supersedes BS 6879(1999) and Supersedes 05/30105457 DC. (02/2008)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 6879:1999 Code for the representation of names of counties and similar areas

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 639-1:2002 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code
    ISO/IEC 10646:2014 Information technology Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)
    ISO 5127:2017 Information and documentation Foundation and vocabulary
    NFZ 44 002 : 97 XP CODE FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF NAMES OF HISTORICAL COUNTRIES
    ISO/IEC 2382-4:1999 Information technology Vocabulary Part 4: Organization of data
    ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code
    ISO 9985:1996 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Armenian characters into Latin characters
    ISO 7372:2005 Trade data interchange — Trade data elements directory
    ISO 3166-1:2013 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 1: Country codes
    ISO 3602:1989 Documentation — Romanization of Japanese (kana script)
    ISO/TR 11941:1996 Information and documentation Transliteration of Korean script into Latin characters
    XP Z44 020 : 2006 XP CODE FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF NAMES OF OCEANS AND SEAS
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