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9. Issues in names standardization

1) Following UN Recommendations or not
2) Modern names vs traditional names
3) Generally accepted names or local dialect names
4) Should place names be affected by spelling rules?
5) What procedure to be selected for multilingual areas?
6) Can countries speaking the same language cooperate in standardization?
7) Should diacritical signs be used integrally? (RAR)
8) Should we differentiate name spellings for different age groups or cartographical products?
9) Should we transliterate or transcribe names from foreign scripts?

 

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