Ocean Data Standards Volume 1. Recommendation to Adopt ISO 3166-1 and 3166-3 Country Codes as the standard for Identifying countries in oceanographic data exchange. Version 1.1

Abstract

The use of a country code in the exchange of data has long been recognized as an important element for the management and exchange of oceanographic data. The seventh session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Working Group on International Oceanographic Data Exchange (1973) recommended the adoption of country codes for the purpose international data exchange. The IOC Country Codes have been maintained,since 1983, by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) as part of its responsibility as RNODC Formats. Although the system of RNODCs was abolished in 2005, ICES continued to maintain the codes.