Guideline for Implementation of ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of Special Sovereignty. Category: Data Standards and Guidelines. Subcategory: Representations and Code

摘要

This Guideline implements ANSI Z39.27, Structure for the Representation of Names of Countries of the World for Information Interchange, of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI Z39.27 adopts, with qualifications, the entities, names, and codes prescribed by ISO 3166, Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries, a standard of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The qualifications provide for complete coverage of the land areas of the world without overlap or duplication, and for entity names that, to the maximum extent possible, are approved or accepted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Both two and three-character alphabetic codes are provided for each entity adopted from ISO 3166. The two-character codes are provided for general use and are recommended by ISO for international interchange. The three-character codes are available for special applications when their use would provide a particular advantage.