S07: Office processing, standardization
 
 

Table of contents

 

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

The module contains the following chapters:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Task 1 - Gathering names information
Chapter 2: Task 2 - Authorizing the toponyms
Chapter 3: Task 3 - Storing the data and maintaining the records
Chapter 4: Task 4 - Disseminating the data
Chapter 5: Disseminating the data
Chapter 6: 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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