Appendix 1 Online resources
For issues not addressed in FAOSTYLE: English please use the below resources.
Note that some of the links below are internal documents. If you are an external collaborator and require access to any of these resources, please ask your hiring manager.
Spelling and word usage
Terminology
FAO Term Portal – collection that includes terms and definitions related to the various topics covered by FAO in all six FAO languages (plus Italian and Latin for taxonomies)
UNTERM – the United Nations terminology database
IATE – the terminology database of the European Union
AGROVOC – the FAO thesaurus, which serves as a controlled vocabulary for indexing publications and datasets in agricultural science and technology
Style matters
FAOSTYLE: English in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
United Nations Editorial Manual
International Plant Protection Convention style guide
Language resources
Library of Congress transliteration tables
UN Disability-Inclusive Communications Guidelines
Country names and geographical designations
NOCS – Names of countries and territories database
M49 – Standard country or area codes for statistical use
Maps in FAO documents – Cheat sheet on correct map usage