Full Name Ordered (FN2)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

Name

fullNameOrdered

Datatype

Text

Definition

A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart, except that its components have been arranged into an order that facilitates alphabetic ordering and search.

Description

The component order is such that the specific part of the name appears first, followed by an optional comma, the generic part of the name, and then finally any articles or prepositions (for example: 'Everest, Mount' or 'Mexico, Gulf of'). For some geographic names no reordering of the full name is required (for example: 'Tigrus River'). Geographic names that are believed to no longer exist are enclosed in double parenthesis, as: '(( Name ))'.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Defined by

DFDD

Used by

ZI005 Geographic Name Information