Working Group on Exonyms

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Working Group on Exonyms

• 2nd meeting
• organized as a part of
•  Joint International Meeting on Geographical
  Names
• Prague
• September 24-26, 2003

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BACKGROUNDof the Working Group on Exonyms
The initial proposal for establishment of this
UNGEGN Working Group was made in October 2001 in
Berchtesgaden and the first meeting was in
Berlin, 6. September 2002. This is based on the
4th resolution of the Eight United Nations
Conference on the Standardization of Geographical
Names in Berlin.   WG is now having 20 members
from 15 countries. The convener of WG is Milan
Oroen Adamic (Slovenia).
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There are many points to be discussed...

• Criteria for the terminological division of
  exonyms
• Criteria for the use of exonyms
• Differences in the usage of exonyms depending on
  the level of communication
• Methodological criteria used by the preparation
  for the national lists of exonyms.

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Aditional points for discusion on WG
meetingunderlined by H. Kerfoot and P. Woodman

• a WEBSITE for the Working Group,
• INTERNET INFORMATION and discussion forum,
• the TOPONYMIC DATABASE,
• REPORTS for the Newsletter and the next Session
  (scientific papers...),
• OTHER TOPYCS.

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How to...

• Organisation of the WG...
• Who is the member of WG...
• What convener should work...
• Should we have a sort of rules...
• Web page...
• Publish papers, discussions, proposals, etc...
• Funding...

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Members of WG on the list
Bohac Pavel Cheetham Catherine Dorion
Henri Dragomirescu Serban Evangelidis
Dimitrios Stani-Fertl Roman Hausner
Isolde Jordan Peter Kerfoot Helen Lee
Ki-Suk Lejeune Sylvie Makridis Georgios Nanova
Milka Oroen Adamic Milan Päll
Peeter Panagiota Georgopoulou Pokoly
Béla Ratovoarison Nivoarimang Sievers
Jörn Woodman Paul
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Countries
Austria (3) Bulgaria (1) Canada (2) Czech
Republic (1) Estonia (1) France (1) Greece
(3) Germany (1) Hungary (1) Madagascar
(1) Republic of Korea (1) Romania (1) Slovenia
(1) United Kingdom (2)
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Conclusions...

• Plan for future work of WG,
• Constitutional solutions,
• Report to UNGEGN,
• Web page,
• Etc...