datapackage.json

{
  "name": "country-codes",
  "title": "Comprehensive country codes: ISO 3166, ITU, ISO 4217 currency codes and many more",
  "format": "csv",
  "datapackage_version": "1.0-beta.3",
  "licenses": [
    {
      "id": "odc-pddl",
      "name": "Public Domain Dedication and License",
      "version": "1.0",
      "url": "http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "International Organization for Standardization",
      "web": "http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists.htm"
    },
    {
      "name": "SIX Interbank Clearing Ltd (on behalf of ISO)",
      "web": "http://www.currency-iso.org/dam/downloads/dl_iso_table_a1.xls"
    },
    {
      "name": "Statoids",
      "web": "http://www.statoids.com/wab.html"
    }
  ],
  "resources": [
    {
      "url": "https://raw.github.com/datasets/country-codes/master/data/country-codes.csv",
      "path": "data/country-codes.csv",
      "schema": {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "name",
            "description": "Country's official English short name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "name_fr",
            "description": "Country's offical French short name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "ISO3166-1-Alpha-2",
            "description": "Alpha-2 codes from ISO 3166-1",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "ISO3166-1-Alpha-3",
            "description": "Alpha-3 codes from ISO 3166-1 (synonymous with World Bank Codes)",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "ISO3166-1-numeric",
            "description": "Numeric codes from ISO 3166-1 (synonymous with UN Statistics M49 Codes)",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          {
            "name": "ITU",
            "description": "Codes assigned by the International Telecommunications Union",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "MARC",
            "description": "MAchine-Readable Cataloging codes from the Library of Congress",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "WMO",
            "description": "Country abbreviations by the World Meteorological Organization",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "DS",
            "description": "Distinguishing signs of vehicles in international traffic",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Dial",
            "description": "Country code from ITU-T recommendation E.164, sometimes followed by area code",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "FIFA",
            "description": "Codes assigned by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "FIPS",
            "description": "Codes from the U.S. standard FIPS PUB 10-4",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "GAUL",
            "description": "Global Administrative Unit Layers from the Food and Agriculture Organization",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          {
            "name": "IOC",
            "description": "Codes assigned by the International Olympics Committee",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "currency_alphabetic_code",
            "description": "ISO 4217 currency alphabetic code",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "currency_country_name",
            "description": "ISO 4217 country name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "currency_minor_unit",
            "description": "ISO 4217 currency number of minor units",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          {
            "name": "currency_name",
            "description": "ISO 4217 currency name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "currency_numeric_code",
            "description": "ISO 4217 currency numeric code",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          {
            "name": "is_independent",
            "description": "Country status, based on the CIA World Factbook",
            "type": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "maintainers":[{
    "name": "Evan Wheeler",
    "web": "https://github.com/datasets/country-codes"
  }]
}