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NameVariant

Name variant used in a NameRule.

Values

  • common - The most commonly used or recognized name for a feature in the specified language.

In a Names value, most common names will appear in the Names.common field and will not need to be specified as NameRule values in Names.rules. This member of the enumeration should only be used to construct a NameRule if the common name needs to be scoped in some way and therefore cannot be accurately represented in CommonNames.

  • official - The legally or administratively recognized name, often used by government agencies or official documents.
  • alternate - An alternative name, which may be a historical name, a local colloquial name, or some other well-known name is not the common name.
  • short - An abbreviated or shortened version of the name, which may be an acronym or some other commonly-used short form. An example is "NYC" for New York City.

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