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1. What is standardization?
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Main elements are:
- There should be a clear relationship between
names and the places they designate
- Look at "Standardization" in the UNGEGN Glossary (or click here
for pdf)
- Nationally standardized names are the basis
of international standards
- Univocity? The ideal is that every topographic feature
or object has its own specific name which only
applies to that object.
One object ―
one name.
Standardization
is the establishment by an appropriate authority, of a specific
set of standards or norms, e.g. for the uniform rendering of
toponyms.
Geographical names standardization is the prescription
by a names authority of one or more particular names, together
with their precise written form for application to a particular
geographical feature, as well as the conditions for their use.
National geographical names standardization
is the standardization of geographical
names within the rea of national entity such as a state.
International geographical
names standardization is the activity aimed
at reaching maximum practical uniformity in the rendering – oral
and written – of all geographical names on Earth by means of national
standardization and/or international convention, including the
correspondence between different languages and writing systems.
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