Shopping Cart

No products in the cart.

BS EN ISO 3166-1:2020

$167.15

Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Country code

Published By Publication Date Number of Pages
BSI 2020 40
Guaranteed Safe Checkout
Category:

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our online customer service team by clicking on the bottom right corner. We’re here to assist you 24/7.
Email:[email protected]

This document specifies basic guidelines for the implementation and maintenance of country codes.

This code is intended for use in any application requiring the expression of current country names in coded form.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
2 undefined
7 Foreword
8 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
12 4 Principles for inclusion in the list of country names
4.1 List
4.2 Source of names
13 4.3 Overlaps
4.4 Current status of names
4.5 Independent countries
5 Principles for assigning code elements
5.1 Code element formation
5.2 Relationship with names
5.3 Construction of the alpha-2 code
14 5.4 Construction of the alpha-3 code
5.5 Construction of the num-3 code
5.6 Alternate algorithmic construction of the numeric code num-4
6 List of country names and their code elements
6.1 Specification for use
15 6.2 Content of the list
6.3 Choice of language, romanization, character set
16 7 Maintenance
7.1 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
7.2 Standard as a database — Change of paradigm
7.3 Addition to the list of country names
17 7.4 Deletion from the list of country names
7.5 Alterations to country name or code element
7.6 Reservation of country code elements
7.6.1 Overview
7.6.2 Period of non-assignment
7.6.3 Period of non-use
7.6.4 Exceptionally reserved code elements
18 7.6.5 List of reserved code elements
8 Guidelines for users
8.1 Special provisions
8.2 Aggregations
8.3 User assigned code element
8.4 Advice regarding use of country code elements
19 Annex A (informative) Algorithm for numerical representation, num-4, of ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code elements
20 Annex B (informative) Conversion matrix for the numerical representation of ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code elements
22 Annex C (informative) Conversion table from alpha-2 country codes elements of ISO 3166 standard to num-3 code element of the UNSD
24 Annex D (informative) List of ISO 639 language codes, alpha-2 and alpha-3, used in the ISO 3166 standard of country codes
28 Annex E (normative) Alphabetical index of names from the list of country codes appearing in the remarks, corresponding to “territory names”, or forming the second significant part of composite country names
33 Annex F (informative) Principles for minor modification to the short form of country name received from UNTERM, allowing for display in alphabetic order
35 Annex G (informative) Source of names — Procedures concerning official full country names at UNTERM, confirmed by UNTERM to ISO 3166/MA on 2019-03-07
36 Annex H (normative) OBP Labels
38 Bibliography
BS EN ISO 3166-1:2020
$167.15