5. established Principles and procedures ...

... should:

• recognize names that are well established in current local usage

• allow for Consistency in the spelling of names

• define authority for naming objects maintained by provincial/national establishments

• deal with personal names and commemoration

• deal with derogatory or pejorative names

• stimulate the one name - one place principle (univocity)

• allow for establishing written forms in different languages

• not allow for duplication within small areas

• deal with variations in spelling in associated features

• establish generic terminology

 

... should deal with:

• generic terms for part of the whole

• statutory names

• commercial names

• use of council resolutions

• areas of restricted naming

• changing names