Editing UN/LOCODE (section)

==Official UN/LOCODE tables==
UN/LOCODEs are released as a table. An individual revision is officially referred to as an "issue". A discussion of the table's structure follows.

===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ align="bottom" | Example of locations as shown in Issue 2006-2<ref name="2006-2">{{cite web | url = http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/ |title=UN/LOCODE (United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations), Issue 2006-2 |date=30 April 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070509020918/http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/ | archive-date = 9 May 2007}}</ref>
|-
! Ch !! LOCODE !! Name !! NameWoDiacritics !! SubDiv !! Function !! Status !! Date !! IATA !! Coordinates !! Remarks
|-
| ||US&nbsp;NYC ||New York ||New York ||NY ||{{mono|12345---}} ||AI ||0401 || ||4042N 07400W ||
|-
| ||DE&nbsp;BER ||Berlin ||Berlin ||BE ||{{mono|12345---}} ||AF ||0207 || ||5231N 01323E ||
|-
| ||DE&nbsp;TXL ||Berlin-Tegel Apt ||Berlin-Tegel Apt ||BE ||{{mono|---4----}} ||AF ||9501 || || ||
|-
| ||FR&nbsp;PAR ||Paris ||Paris ||75 ||{{mono|123-5---}} ||AF ||9501 || || ||
|-
| ||GB&nbsp;PAR ||Par ||Par ||CON ||{{mono|1-------}} ||AF ||9501 || || ||
|-
| ||SE&nbsp;GOT ||Göteborg ||Goteborg ||O ||{{mono|1--45---}} ||AI ||0207 ||XWL || || ||
|-  
| ||IN&nbsp;TRV ||Thiruvananthapuram&nbsp;||Thiruvananthapuram&nbsp;||KL ||{{mono|1234----}} ||AI ||1207 ||TRV ||0829N&nbsp;07655E || ||  

|}

;Explanations:

* {{mono|US NYC}}&nbsp; for New York City in the United States. Subdivision is the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] (see [[ISO 3166-2:US]]). Function: port, rail, road, airport, postal. IATA code is NYC. Coordinates: {{coord|40|42|N|074|00|W}}.
* {{mono|DE BER}}&nbsp; for Berlin (city) in Germany. Subdivision is the [[German state]] of Berlin (see [[ISO 3166-2:DE]]). Function: port, rail, road, airport, postal. IATA code is BER. Coordinates: {{coord|52|31|N|013|23|E}}.
* {{mono|DE TXL}}&nbsp; for [[Berlin-Tegel International Airport|Berlin-Tegel Airport]] in Germany. Function: airport. IATA code is TXL.
* {{mono|FR PAR}}&nbsp; for Paris (city) in France. Subdivision is the [[French department]] of Paris (see [[ISO 3166-2:FR]]). Function: port, rail, road, postal.
* {{mono|GB PAR}}&nbsp; for [[Par, Cornwall|Par]] in United Kingdom. Subdivision is the [[English county]] of [[Cornwall]] (see [[ISO 3166-2:GB]]). Function: port.
* {{mono|SE GOT}}&nbsp; for [[Göteborg]] (Goteborg without diacritics) in Sweden. Subdivision is the [[Swedish county]] of [[Västra Götaland]] (see [[ISO 3166-2:SE]]). Function: port, airport, postal. The IATA code of XWL indicated in the table is that of a train station in the city centre of [[Göteborg]] (though not the Central Station), while the IATA code for the main airport ([[Göteborg Landvetter Airport]]) is actually GOT. It also has a separate reference entry showing an alternate spelling of ''Gothenburg''.

===Data fields===
The fields are listed in the official order.

====Ch (Changes)====
:A change from the previous issue is indicated by one of the following characters in the first column:<ref name="Note 2006-2" />
: {{mono|X}}&nbsp; Marked for deletion in the next issue
: {{mono|#}}&nbsp; Change in location name (usually spelling)
: {{mono|¦}}&nbsp; Other changes in the entry (not location)
: {{mono|+}}&nbsp; Entry added to the current issue
: <kbd>=</kbd>&nbsp; Reference entry
: {{mono|!}}&nbsp; Retained for certain entries in the USA code list ("controlled duplications")

====Locode====
:The code is represented with a space between the alpha-2 codes of ISO 3166-1 country code and the 3-character element.

====Name====
:Names of locations should be shown using the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet with, where appropriate, diacritic signs as contained in ISO 10646-1/1993 or ISO 8859-1/1987.

====Name Without Diacritics====
:The name of the location, but non-practicable Diacritics may be ignored and should not be converted into additional characters(e.g., Göteborg may be read as Goteborg, rather than Goeteborg, Gothenburg, Gotembourg, etc.).
:Can contain an apostrophe, e.g. [[L'viv]]

====SubDiv (Subdivision)====
:The [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 1 to 3 character alphabetic and/or numeric code for the administrative division (state, province, department, etc.) of the country, as included in [[ISO 3166-2]]/1998. Only the latter part of the complete ISO 3166-2 code element (after the hyphen) is shown.

====Function====
:Each defined function gets a classifier; the most important are:
:* 1 = port (for any kind of waterborne transport)
:* 2 = rail terminal
:* 3 = road terminal
:* 4 = airport
:* 5 = postal exchange office
:* 6 = Inland Clearance Depot – ICD or "Dry Port", "Inland Clearance Terminal", etc.
:* 7 = fixed transport functions (e.g. oil platform)"; the classifier "7" is reserved for this function. Noting that the description "oil pipeline terminal" would be more relevant, and could be extended to cover also electric power lines and [[Cableway|ropeway]] terminals.
:* B = Border crossing function
:* 0 = function not known, to be specified

====Status====
:Indicates the status of the entry by a 2-character code. The following codes are used at present:
:*AA: Approved by competent national government agency
:*AC: Approved by Customs Authority
:*AF: Approved by national facilitation body
:*AI: Code adopted by international organisation (IATA or ECLAC)
:*AM: Approved by the UN/LOCODE Maintenance Agency
:*AQ: Entry approved, functions not verified 
:*AS: Approved by national standardisation body
:*RL: Recognised location - Existence and representation of location name confirmed by check against nominated gazetteer or other reference work
:*RN: Request from credible national sources for locations in their own country
:*RQ: Request under consideration
:*UR: Entry included on user's request; not officially approved 
:*RR: Request rejected
:*QQ: Original entry not verified since date indicated
:*XX: Entry that will be removed from the next issue of UN/LOCODE

====Date====
:The date the location was added or updated: 0207 is July 2002, 9501 is January 1995, etc.
:The edition published in 2008 uses the value 0701 for additions, while in other cases the exact month is used like 9710, 0212.

====IATA====
:For correlation purposes, the [[International Air Transport Association airport code|IATA code]] for the location is marked if different from the second part of the UN/LOCODE.

====Coordinates====
:Some entries have coordinates in the database. They are represented as: ddmmN dddmmW, ddmmS dddmmE, etc.

====Remarks====
:The remarks column can among other things contain a hint to what specifically was changed (See data field - "Change").