ISO 639-3 Registration Authority

E485559

language code authority registration authority standards organization

The ISO 639-3 Registration Authority is the organization responsible for maintaining and updating the ISO 639-3 standard, which assigns three-letter codes to the world’s languages.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ISO 639-3 Registration Authority canonical	7
ISO 639-3	2
ISO 639-3 language codes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4976672 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO 639-3 Registration Authority
Context triple: [gon, hasStandardizationBody, ISO 639-3 Registration Authority]

A. ISO 639
ISO 639 is an international standard that defines codes for the representation of names of languages.
B. ISO 3166-3
ISO 3166-3 is the part of the ISO 3166 standard that defines codes for countries and territories that have been removed from the current ISO 3166-1 list, providing their former country codes and their replacements.
C. ISO 15924
ISO 15924 is an international standard that assigns four-letter codes to the world’s writing systems and scripts for use in information processing and interchange.
D. ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
The ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency is the international body responsible for developing and updating the ISO 3166 standard that defines country codes and their subdivisions.
E. ISO 3166
ISO 3166 is an international standard published by the International Organization for Standardization that defines globally recognized codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and their principal subdivisions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ISO 639-3 Registration Authority
Target entity description: The ISO 639-3 Registration Authority is the organization responsible for maintaining and updating the ISO 639-3 standard, which assigns three-letter codes to the world’s languages.

A. ISO 639
ISO 639 is an international standard that defines codes for the representation of names of languages.
B. ISO 3166-3
ISO 3166-3 is the part of the ISO 3166 standard that defines codes for countries and territories that have been removed from the current ISO 3166-1 list, providing their former country codes and their replacements.
C. ISO 15924
ISO 15924 is an international standard that assigns four-letter codes to the world’s writing systems and scripts for use in information processing and interchange.
D. ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
The ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency is the international body responsible for developing and updating the ISO 3166 standard that defines country codes and their subdivisions.
E. ISO 3166
ISO 3166 is an international standard published by the International Organization for Standardization that defines globally recognized codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and their principal subdivisions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language code authority ⓘ registration authority ⓘ standards organization ⓘ
aimsTo	provide stable identifiers for languages ⓘ support cataloging and indexing of language resources ⓘ support interoperability of language data systems ⓘ
appliesStandard	ISO 639 ⓘ ISO 639-3 ⓘ
domain	language identification ⓘ language standardization ⓘ
hasFunction	ensure consistency of ISO 639-3 language identifiers ⓘ ensure uniqueness of ISO 639-3 language codes ⓘ maintain comprehensive inventory of world languages in ISO 639-3 ⓘ
hasProcess	formal change request procedure ⓘ
hasScope	ancient languages ⓘ constructed languages ⓘ extinct languages ⓘ historical languages ⓘ living languages ⓘ world’s languages ⓘ
hasStakeholder	archives ⓘ language communities ⓘ language technology projects ⓘ libraries ⓘ linguists ⓘ publishers ⓘ software developers ⓘ
maintains	ISO 639-3 ⓘ
manages	ISO 639-3 code set ⓘ
operatesUnder	International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
operatesUnderStandard	ISO 639-3:2007 ⓘ linked to: ISO 639-3
partOf	ISO 639 standard ecosystem ⓘ
publishes	ISO 639-3 change request outcomes ⓘ ISO 639-3 code tables ⓘ ISO 639-3 documentation ⓘ
relatedTo	ISO 639-1 ⓘ ISO 639-2 ⓘ linked to: ISO 639 ISO 639-5 ⓘ linked to: ISO 639
responsibleFor	adding new ISO 639-3 language codes ⓘ assigning ISO 639-3 three-letter language codes ⓘ maintenance of ISO 639-3 standard ⓘ modifying ISO 639-3 language entries ⓘ processing change requests for ISO 639-3 ⓘ retiring ISO 639-3 language codes ⓘ updating ISO 639-3 standard ⓘ
usesCodeType	three-letter language codes ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

gon → hasStandardizationBody → ISO 639-3 Registration Authority ⓘ

sot → governingBody → ISO 639-3 Registration Authority ⓘ

Piemontese → ISOStandard → ISO 639-3 ⓘ

linked to: ISO 639-3 Registration Authority

Tetum → ISOStandard → ISO 639-3 ⓘ

subject linked to: tet

linked to: ISO 639-3 Registration Authority

Ethnologue → provides → ISO 639-3 language codes ⓘ

linked to: ISO 639-3 Registration Authority

awa → standardAuthority → ISO 639-3 Registration Authority ⓘ

cwd → recognizedBy → ISO 639-3 Registration Authority ⓘ

dyo → standardizedBy → ISO 639-3 Registration Authority ⓘ

pca → governingBody → ISO 639-3 Registration Authority ⓘ

asf → assignedBy → ISO 639-3 Registration Authority ⓘ

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