World-Base Database Description
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This document provides information on the file WORLDBAS.CSV, supplied in
ASCII CSV (Comma-Separated Value) format.

Fields are arranged as follows :

Country Name,Phone Code,ISO 3166 Country Code,Car Code,Capital,Currency,
 ISO Currency Code,Digraph,ICAO Code,Language,ISO 639 Code


Explanation of fields
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The following information is provided to allow you to import the CSV into
a database or spreadsheet of your choice. The file contains 11 fields
whose names and descriptions are shown below. The field length, provided
in parentheses, should be used to define the widths of fields or cells
into which you are importing this data.

NOTE : You may need to rename the WORLDBAS.CSV file to WORLDBAS.TXT or
WORLDBAS.SDF to be recognised by your database or spreadsheet.


1. Country Name          - Name of Country
                           (40 characters)

2. Phone Code            - International telephone dialling code
                           (8 characters)

3. ISO 3166 Country Code - 2 character country code defined by International
                           Standards Organisation
                           (3 characters)

4. Car Code              - Letters used on car 'oval' plate - This data is
                           largely incomplete
                           (3 characters)

5. Capital               - Capital City or Chief Town
                           (40 characters)

6. Currency              - Name of main currency
                           (40 characters)

7. ISO Currency Code     - 3 character code defined by International Standards
                           Organisation
                           (6 characters)

8. Digraph               - 2 character code defined by US National Bureau of
                           Standards and maintained by the Office of the
                           Geographer
                           (4 characters)

9. ICAO Code             - Aircraft registration prefix defined by the
                           International Civil Aviation Organisation
                           (6 characters)

10. Language             - Main language spoken
                           (40 characters)

11. ISO 639 Code         - 2 character language code defined by International
                           Standards Organisation
                           (4 characters)


Fields which may be added in future include :

ISO 3166 Country Code    - 3 character code

Telex code               - International Telex Answerback

Population               - Population count

Population Date          - Date of population count

Exports                  - Chief Exports

Time Zone                - Time zone offset (and mnemonic) from GMT


Sources of information :

1. Country               - CIA World Factbook 1994/Pears Cyclopedia 1992
2. Phone Code            - British Telecom Phone Book 1994
3. ISO 3166 Country Code - ISO 3166 listing in Novell NetWare 4.x manual
4. Car Code              - None
5. Capital               - CIA World Factbook 1994/Pears Cyclopedia 1992
6. Currency              - The Economist Desk Companion 1994 via
                           Per Dohler, CompuServe FLEFO forum
                           (CIS 100135,1412)
7. Currency Code         - The Economist Desk Companion 1994 (as above)
8. Digraph               - CIA World Factbook 1994
9. ICAO Code             - Provided via
                           Dave Reid, CompuServe AVSIG forum
                           (CIS 100016,2551)
10. Language             - Pears Cyclopedia 1992
11. ISO 639 Code         - L. Willms via
                           CompuServe FLEFO forum library
                           (CIS 100021,64)


Revision History for WORLDBAS.CSV and WORLDBAS.TXT

1.00                     - 09 Jan 95 Initial Release
1.01                     - 12 Jan 95 Correct minor problems with
                                     Myanmar/Burma, Belarus/Belorussia and
                                     Ukraine
1.02                     - 22 Jan 95 Correct spelling errors and amend
                                     some capitals, languages and currencies.
                                     Add time zone to list of future fields
                                     in WORLDBAS.TXT
1.03                     - 15 Feb 95 Minor corrections to WORLDBAS.TXT
1.04                     - 20 Feb 95 Add some car codes and make minor
                                     corrections

WORLDBAS.TXT
20 Feb 95 
Marcus Williamson
71333,1665