FAO terminology http://www.fao.org/termportal/en/
UN Cartographic Section, Department of Field Support
UN Cartographic Section, Department of Field Support http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/world00.pdf
United Nations Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49chang.htm
GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using single year official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used. Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
World Bank http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Land area is the total area of the country excluding area under inland water bodies. Possible variations in the data may be due to updating and revisions of the country data and not necessarily to any change of area. Data are expressed in 1 000 hectares. http://faostat.fao.org/site/375/default.aspx
FAOSTAT http://faostat.fao.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=377&lang=en#ancor
United Nations cartographic maps http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/world00.pdf
prior version : " http://aims.fao.org/aos/geopolitical_v10.owl"
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Version 1.1 of the ontology includes a structured description of sources (source creator, source identifier by language, and last updated date on source) .
FAO's geopolitical ontology version 1.1 was populated with FAO, UN and internationally recognized data sources.
version 1.1
The value of the datatype property *validSince* associated to a particular area (territory or group) indicates the area's first year of validity. The geopolitical ontology traces back historic changes only until 1985, therefore, if an area has a validSince = 1985, this indicates that the area is/was valid since 1985 or before.
Global Administrative Unit Layers http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?id=12691
composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. Source: Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a) . http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/indicators/49806.html
UNDP - HDRO http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/indicators/49806.html
The value of the datatype property *validUntil* associated to a particular area (territory or group) indicates the area's last year of validity. In case the area is currently valid, this value is set by default to 9999.
Agricultural area, this category is the sum of areas under a) arable land - land under temporary agricultural crops (multiple-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not included in this category. Data for “Arable land” are not meant to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable; (b) permanent crops - land cultivated with long-term crops which do not have to be replanted for several years (such as cocoa and coffee); land under trees and shrubs producing flowers, such as roses and jasmine; and nurseries (except those for forest trees, which should be classified under "forest"); and (c) permanent meadows and pastures - land used permanently (five years or more) to grow herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land). Data are expressed in 1000 hectares. http://faostat.fao.org/site/375/default.aspx
The total population usually refers to the present-in-area (de facto) population which includes all persons physically present within the present geographical boundaries of countries at the mid-point of the reference period. http://faostat.fao.org/site/375/default.aspx
FAOSTAT http://faostat.fao.org/site/550/default.aspx
United Nations Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm
Country area, area of the country including area under inland water bodies, but excluding offshore territorial waters. Possible variations in the data may be due to updating and revisions of the country data and not necessarily to any change of area. Data are expressed in 1000 hectares. http://faostat.fao.org/site/375/default.aspx
AGROVOC http://aims.fao.org/website/Search-AGROVOC/sub
United Nations statistics department http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm
ISO 3166-1 http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists.htm
United Nations Map Library http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/countinfo.htm