Most of the other Guidelines published in 1982 follow exactly the contents of the Austrian example (pdf). These are standard contents of toponymic guidelines:

1. Languages

1.1. General remarks

1.2. National language

1.2.1. General remarks

1.2.2. The Alphabet

1.2.3. Orthography

1.2.4. Pronunciation

1.2.5. Linguistic substrata

1.2.6. Dialects

1.3. Minority languages

1.3.1. [language 1]

1.3.2. [language 2] ...

2. Names authorities and names standardization

3. Source material

3.1. Maps

3.2. Gazetteers

4. Glossary

5. Abbreviations

6. Standardized names of administrative units (Added in 1987)

 

Variation in contents

In some cases the contents of Toponymic Guidelines deviate from the standard contents, for instance: