ISO 3166 Country Codes Content Characterization

Frank Olken (LBNL)
2005-03-14

II. Core Content Characterization

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.

Core Content Characterization
Attribute Value
Title* ISO 3166 Country Codes
Acronym None
**One of the following (Web page(s), Identifier, or Contact Information) is mandatory:
Web page(s)**
Identifier** ISO 3166
Contact Information**

ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
c/o International Organization for Standardization
Case postale 56
CH-1211 Genève 20
Telephone: +41 22 749 02 22
Telefax: +41 22 749 01 55
E-mail: countrycodes@iso.org
Web: www.iso.org

Inclusion Rationale*

Country Codes are important to DOD, and they are an example of multilingual metadata content which changes.

Subject* Geography
Kind of Metadata* Code set
Size statistics (estimated)* Approx. 200 countries, each with a 2-letter code, 3-letter code and a number
Initial Submitter* Frank Olken
Date of Initial Survey* 2005-03-14

III. Supplementary Content Characterization

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.

Supplementary Content Characterization
Attribute Value
Date* 2004-04-26
Creator ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, ISO
Publisher* ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, ISO
Description*

Code sets for 2, 3 letter country codes, and country number

Language(s)* English and French
Graph-theoretic Classification* List
Format / Schemas(s)* English only country names and 2, 3 letter codes and numbers as HTML file. English/French 2 country names and 2 letter codes as HTML, XML zipped, or TXT files. Microsoft Access files also available from ISO.
Media / Download*
Constraint Specifications None
Protocol(s) HTTP
Licensing Issues* None for just codes, publicy posted
Export restrictions None
Subsets None
Versions, Updates 2005-04-26
Documentation http://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html
Character Set Encoding* ASCII (?)
Measurement units Not applicable.
Dataset / Standards Dependencies None
Related Datasets None
Software tools None
Audience(s) Geographers, et al.
Citation ???
Surveyor* Frank Olken
Date of Survey* 2005-03-14

IV. Content Characterization by XMDR Staff

The following data elements are to be supplied by XMDR project staff/collaborators.

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.

Content Characterization by XMDR Staff
Attribute Value
MDR Participant Expertise Frank Olken
MDR Evaluator* Frank Olken
Inclusion Priority* 1

Maintained by Frank Olken (LBNL) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. olken@lbl.gov Last updated: 2004-03-14, Monday, 10:20 PM PST

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