AS/NZS 2632.1:2020 pdf free.Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 1: Country code.
4.4 Current status of names
Country names listed in the code corresponding to this document are intended to reflect the current situation, at the time of issue of the latest update of the code corresponding to this document.
4.5 Independent countries
Independent countries are indicated in a specific item in the lists of this document. For the purpose of the code corresponding to this document, the member states of United Nations and the Holy See are regarded as independent.
5 Principles for assigning code elements
5.1 Code element formation
Code element shall consist only of the following characters (cf. ISO/IEC 10646):
— LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A through LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
— DIGIT ZERO through DIGIT 9
— HYPHEN-MINUS
Code elements alpha-2 and alpha-3 are formed with LETTERS, num-3 is formed with DIGITS.
Code elements alpha-4 are formed with LETTERS.
Code elements for subdivisions are formed with up to 6 characters: alpha-2, HYPHEN-MINUS, and 1 up
to 3 LETTERS or DIGITS.
5.2 Relationship with names
The principle behind the alphabetic codes in the code corresponding to this document is a visual association between the country names (in English or French, or sometimes in another language) and their corresponding code elements. In applying this principle, the code elements have generally been assigned on the basis of the short names of the countries, thus avoiding, wherever possible, any reflection of their political status.
The distinguishing signs for road vehicles reported by the contracting parties to the Conventions on Road Traffic (1949 and 1968; see Reference [21]) provided the major source for code elements for the code corresponding to this document.
5.3 Construction of the alpha-2 code
The ISO 3166 series establishes, in the code corresponding to this document, an alphabetic 2-character (alpha-2) code, which is generally recommended to represent country names and which is the basis for the codes laid down in part 2 and in part 3 and for other international standards and recommendations (see Bibliography, section Global economy).AS/NZS 2632.1 pdf download.