S04: National agencies  
 

Table of contents

 

The content of this module is based on teaching materials by Helen Kerfoot and Ferjan Ormeling. These teaching materials are made available in the "documents" section.

The module contains the following chapters:

Introduction
Chapter 1: What is standardization?
Chapter 2: Some benefits of standardization
Chapter 3: National names authorities
Chapter 4: Policies and principles of the National Board on geographical names

Chapter 5: Established Principles and procedures ...
Chapter 6: Names authorities come in different shape and size
Chapter 7: About a board
Chapter 8: Some Secretariat tasks
Chapter 9: Names authorities ...
Chapter 10: Core activities
Chapter 11: Conclusions


When reading through the following pages, you will come across some uncommon terms. These terms are hyperlinked to the UNGEGN Glossary of Terminology (pdf). Behind each term a number (#) is given that corresponds to the numbering applied in this glossary, e.g. toponymy (#344).

For exercises and documents (and literature) on this topic see respectively the "Excercises" and/or the "Documents section of this module.

The complete module can be downloaded here.

 

 
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