This part of BS 7666 defines the essential components of a gazetteer of
geographic locations and provides a general model of spatial references
based upon named spatial units in the United Kingdom. It defines the
attributes of each geographic location to be recorded in a gazetteer, and
the metadata associated with the gazetteer.
This part of BS 7666 may be used for defining gazetteers of locations
and systems of spatial references based upon named spatial units, but
does not specify any particular ones, nor does it define a database
schema. It provides the basis for the other parts of BS 7666 by defining
general structures to enable gazetteers of a range of classes of
geographic locations to be created in a consistent way. Specific
gazetteers of particular classes of locations are defined in the other
parts of BS 7666.
BS 7666-0:2006 Referenced Document
BS ISO 639-2 Codes for the representation of the names of languages. Alpha-3 code
BS ISO 8601 Data elements and interchange formats. Information interchange. Representation of dates and times
BS 7666-0:2006 history
2021BS 7666-0:2021 Spatial datasets for geographical referencing. Specification. General model for gazetteers and spatial referencing
2006BS 7666-0:2006 Spatial datasets for geographical referencing - General model for gazetteers and spatial referencing
2000BS 7666-3:2000 Spatial data-sets for geographical referencing - Specification for addresses