Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
AS NZS 2632.2-2020 pdf download.Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Part 2; Country subdivision code.
See Table 13.1 for the ISO 639 language codes elements, alpha-2 and alpha-3, used in the ISO 3166 series of International Standards of country codes.
7 Maintenance
7.1 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
A Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA) has been established by the ISO Council to operate under guidelines approved by the Council. It has been entrusted with the following functions:
a) to add and eliminate country names and country subdivision names and to assign code elements as needed, in accordance with the rules in the ISO 3166 series;
b) to advise users and ISO member bodies regarding application of the codes;
c) to update and disseminate lists of country names and country subdivision names, code elements and their definitions;
d) to maintain a reference list of the code associated with the country names and their subdivisions used in the standard and their periods of validity;
e) to issue and distribute information announcing changes made to the codes;
1) to administer the reservation of code elements.
Changes to the code corresponding to this document are decided by the ISO 3166/MA and become effective immediately upon publication.
The criteria provided in 7.3 to 7.5 shall be observed by the ISO 3166/MA for changes to the list of country names and to the list of country subdivision names, and their code elements, and for reservations of code elements.
7.2 Standard as a database — Change of paradigm
The ISO 3166 series of standards as a database requires the ISO 3166/MA to facilitate work with experts by providing them adequate means to analyse the database content and traceability of changes, such as:
a) to publish for experts the entire content of the database as tables, so the subsequent publication as PDF. for visual comparison, or global view shall be easy for everyone;
b) to publish for experts once a year all labels used in all three parts, making correspondence with all definitions as stated in Clause 3;
c) to document any necessary changes and adjustments in labels and presentations, and announce it in advance to experts:
d) to preserve traceability, dill files will be produced once a year, with the date in the file name, and a short statement or summary posted to all experts;
e) all ISO 3166 tables shall be either Excel or CSV files or XML files, LJTF-8 encoding, and shall follow the best practices in that matters — it includes communication with experts;
1) for traceability purposes all ISO 3166 tables shall be preserved in the dedicated ISO 3166/MA space, similar to N documents.
7.3 Change of country subdivision names
All additions, deletions and alterations in the list of country subdivision names shall be made on the basis of information identified in Clause 4.
7.4 Alteration to country subdivision code elements
The Maintenance Agency shall endeavour to maintain stability in the lists of code elements. A significant change of a country subdivision name may require the ISO 3166/MA to alter the code element after appropriate consultation with the authorities concerned.
7.5 Reservation of code elements for country subdivision names
Code elements may be reserved, in exceptional cases, for country subdivision names which the ISO 3166/MA has decided not to include in part 2 of the ISO 3166 database but for which an interchange requirement exists. Before such code elements are reserved, advice from the relevant authority shall be sought.
A list of reserved code elements and a record of changes shall be kept by the ISO 3166/MA Secretariat.
7.6 Advice regarding use of country subdivision codes
The name and contact information of the Maintenance Agencies and Registration Authorities can be found at https://www.iso.org/mara.AS NZS 2632.2-2020 pdf download.
Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
