S01: Introduction
 
 

8. Issues in names standardization

 


1) Follow UN Recommendations or not

2) Use modern names or traditional names

3) Use generally accepted names or local dialect names

4) Should place names be affected by spelling rules?

5) How to decide what name variants to select for multilingual areas?

6) Can countries speaking the same language cooperate in standardization?

7) Should diacritical signs be used integrally? (follow the Roman Alphabet Rule or not?)

8) Should we differentiate name spellings for use by different age groups or for different cartographical products?

9) Should we transliterate or transcribe names from foreign scripts?

 

 
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