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S07: Office processing, standardization
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Introduction
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This term office processing
describes the work and responsibilities of the support office
of a national names authority and gives a general idea of the
scope of the work of that support office.
What do we mean by "office processing"?
Task
1: Gathering names information
Task
2: Authorizing the toponyms
Task
3: Storing the data and maintaining
records
Task
4: Disseminating the data
Overview
- National names authority is the focal
point of the topnymic data processing in a country.
- Office must support the board, keep
records and make the information generally available.
- Methods may change with technology,
but emphasis in the work of the office is still on accuracy,
and correct documentation procedures, especially documenting
why specific decisions were made.
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Manual
for
the
national
standardization
of
geographical
names
(UN
-
Ecosoc,
New
York,
2006
ST/ESA/STAT/SERM/88
Sales
No.
E.06.XVII.7
ISBN
92-1-161490-2,
available
in
the
6
UN
languages)
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