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Geographic Names: compliancy with COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010

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Published on: 05/04/2012 Discussion Archived

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ISO 23

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4.4.1 Geographic Name (p22)

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Definitions for Geographic Names should be compliant with COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 (see requirement no 1). These definitions are compliant with those published by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN). GeographicalName Definition: "Proper noun applied to a real world entity". Quoting from ISO 19112 "a geographic name is a spatial reference in the form of a label or code that identifies a location" is not sufficient.

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