Database of ISO 3166-2 (list part)

This product contains the following files:

• Microsoft® Access 2003 database version of ISO 3166-2, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 2: Country subdivision code. (File name : ISO 3166-2i-9 database.mdb) • ISO 3166-2_README.txt (with detailed information on the product) • ISO 3166-2 Full Report.xls • ISO 3166-2 Full Report.xml

At the date of the purchase the database file is up-to-date. The fonts used throughout are ARIAL and ARIAL UNICODE MS.

NOTE: A simple text list or tab-delimited list has not been extracted from this database. The extracted list cannot support the different character sets used in some languages. A number of entries have diacritical characters which require the use of the Arial Unicode MS set of characters. Using a different font may result in some of the diacritical characters being rendered incorrectly.

The file ISO 3166-2i-9 database.mdb contains the following ten data fields:

• "ID" (the database ID number attributed to the data element) • "ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Code" [the alpha-2 code element (two-letter) for the country name] • "ISO 3166-2 Code" (the ISO 3166-2 code element for subdivision) • "Country Name" (the official short name of the country) • "Descriptive Information" (information about the subdivision layout and numbers) • "Subdivision Name" [name(s) of the subdivisions in (one of) the administrative language(s) for a given country] • "Regional Division" (regional subdivision under which a subdivision name falls) • "Subdivision Category" [generic name of the subdivision category (e.g. "province") which is always given in English] • "Romanization System_ID" (details of the system used for transliteration of characters) • "Language Code" [the ISO 639-1 alpha-2 (two-letter) language code for the subdivision name or country name]

NB: The first three data fields are obligatory for all entries. The last six data fields may not be present if no subdivisions are given in ISO 3166-2 for an ISO 3166-1 country code element. They contain data only in those cases for which such information is given in ISO 3166-2.

Information on the tables contained in ISO 3166-2i-9 database.mdb

TABLE 1: "ISO 3166-2 languages"

• ID: the database ID number attributed to the data element • ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Code: the alpha-2 (two-letter) code element for the country name (e.g. DE) • ISO 3166-2 Code: subdivision code • Language Code: alpha-2 (two-letter) language code (e.g. "fr" for French) in accordance with ISO 639-1 • Romanization System_ID: details of the system used for transliteration of characters (e.g. from Russian to the Latin alphabet) • Subdivision Name: name of the subdivision in the administrative language(s) of the country concerned (diacritic signs in accordance with ISO/IEC 10646) for the database ID element

TABLE 2: "Romanization systems"

• ID: the database ID number attributed to the data element • Romanization System_ID: details of the system used for transliteration of characters (e.g. from Russian to the Latin alphabet)

Table 2 is linked with certain fields in Table 1.

TABLE 3: "ISO 3166-2 list"

• ID: the database ID number attributed to the data element • ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Code: the alpha-2 (two-letter) code element for the country name (e.g. DE) • ISO 3166-2 Code: the subdivision code • Regional Division: information when available • Subdivision Category: the type of subdivision (e.g. "canton", "state", "prefecture")

Table 3 is linked with certain fields in Table 1.

TABLE 4: "ISO 3166-2 header information"

• ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Code: the alpha-2 (two-letter) code element of the country name (e.g. DE) • Country Name: the official short form of the country name in English and French (e.g. GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE) • Descriptive Information: the header information for each country code

Table 4 is linked with certain fields in Tables 1 and 3.