OS Open Names

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Description

OS Open Names is a geographic directory that contains basic information about identifiable places (Named Place). The content of the Product is divided into themes based on their type and local type classification values. The primary use of the product is to provide the location for a named place to support discovery or identification and visualisation, geocoding, routing and navigation and linking diverse information about a place (for example, statistics or descriptions). The name of the place will be the key property used for querying. It is also recognised that a place may have multiple names; an official name, which may be defined in multiple languages (English/Welsh or English/Gaelic), for example, Cardiff (English) and Caerdydd (Welsh). Names are not unique so additional location information is provided to enable users to refine their query to select the Named Place they are interested in. These include: postcode district, populated place, district/borough, county/unitary authority, European region and country. The OS Open Names specification will extend the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) Geographical Names theme to ensure that it is compliant with European open data initiatives.

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General Information

• This data is described at

  http://data.gov.uk/dataset/os-open-names Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• This data is published by

  Ordnance Survey Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The data is published on

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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Legal Information

• This data was

  no Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The rights statement is at

  http://data.gov.uk/dataset/os-open-names Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• There are

  yes, and the rights are held by different people or organisations Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• This data contains

  no data about individuals Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The sources of this data are described at

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The curator has published

  machine-readable data about the sources of this data Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• This data is available under

  UK Open Government Licence Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The rights and licensing of the content are explained at

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The rights statement includes data about

  what attribution text to use Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The rights statement includes data about

  its data licence Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The rights statement includes data about

  a copyright notice or statement Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The rights statement includes data about

  the copyright year Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The rights statement includes data about

  the copyright holder Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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Practical Information

• The data appears in this collection

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/opendata-products-grid.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• This data changes

  no Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The website links to the data from

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• This data is referenced from

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/opendata-products-grid.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The lag between creation and publication of this data is

  minimal Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Data quality is documented at

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/user-guides/os-open-names-user-guide.pdf Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Quality control processes are described at

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/user-guides/os-open-names-user-guide.pdf Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The data is available

  for a long time Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The data is

  backed up offsite Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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Technical Information

• Releases of this data are listed at

  http://data.gov.uk/api/rest/package/os-open-names Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The format of this data is

  a standard open format Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• This data is

  machine-readable Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Geographic data is published

  in a generic data format Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The data includes

  persistent identifiers Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The persistent identifiers

  resolve because they are URLs Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Third-party URLs are

  referenced in this data Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The provenance of this data is

  machine-readable Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• This data can be verified using

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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Social Information

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  title Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  description Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  release frequency Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  publisher Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  keyword(s) or tag(s) Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  distribution(s) Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  release date Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation includes machine-readable data for

  modification date Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation about each distribution includes machine-readable data for

  title Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The documentation about each distribution includes machine-readable data for

  description Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The technical documentation for the data is at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The vocabularies used by this data are documented at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Find out how to contact someone about this data at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• The codes in this data are documented at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Find out where to send questions about privacy at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Find out how to suggest improvements to publication at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Contact the curator through these social media accounts

  https://twitter.com/OrdnanceSurvey Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Discuss this data at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/category/os-opendata/ Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Contact the curator through these social media accounts

  https://www.facebook.com/osmapping?ref=ts Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Contact the curator through these social media accounts

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/category/os-opendata/ Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Community engagement is done by

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/category/os-opendata/ Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

• Tools to help use this data are listed at

  http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/os-open-names.html Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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