1. What is standardization?

Main elements are:

• There should be a clear relationship between names and the places they designate

• Look at "Standardization" in the UNGEGN Glossary

• Nationally standardized names are the basis of international standards

• Univocity? The ideal is that every topographic feature or object has its own specific name which only appliesto that object.

One object ― one name.

 

Standardization is the establishment by an appropriate authority, of a specific set of standards or norms , e.g. for the uniform rendering of toponyms.

Geographical names standardization is the prescription by a names authority of one or more particular names, together with their precise written form for application to a particular geographical feature, as well as the conditions for their use.

National geographical names standardization is the standardization of geographical names within the rea of national entity such as a state.

International geographical names standardization is the activity aimed at reaching maximum practical uniformity in the rendering – oral and written – of all geographical names on Earth by means of national standardization and/or international convention, including the correspondence between different languages and writing systems.