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Generic Name (GNA)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: gna.ttl
- Name
genericName- Datatype
- Text
- Definition
- The portion of a full name that references a common, often geomorphologic, feature.
- Description
- For example: a 'Mountain', a 'River', and a 'Sea'. The names of populated places are not considered to have a generic part.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Defined by
- DFDD
- Used by
- ZI005 Geographic Name Information
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.