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IALA

International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities

IALA is an international technical association that gathers marine aids to navigation authorities, industry manufacturers and consultants to harmonize and improve marine aids to navigation worldwide. IALA Recommendations and Standards guide lighthouse authorities, vessel traffic services, and e-Navigation implementations across more than 90 member countries.

InternationalSyntax IALA identifiers use a single-letter type prefix followed by a 4-digit zero-padded number: IALA {S|R|G|M|C|A|L|GA|X|P}[Number][ Ed [Edition]][ ([LangLetter])]. General Assembly resolutions use a dotted series.index form (GA01.01). Website →
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Document Types 11

Standard

S▼

Recommendation

R▼

Guideline

G▼

Manual

M▼

Model Course

C▼

Advice

A▼

General Assembly Resolution

GA▼

Letter

L▼

Annex

Annex▼

Report

X▼

Resolution

P▼

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Structured elements that make up a IALA identifier:

Publisher
Enumeration

IALA — optional on input, always emitted on output

IALA
e.g.IALA
Type Letter
Enumeration

Single-letter type code (S, R, G, M, C, A, L, GA, X, P)

S (Standard)R (Recommendation)G (Guideline)M (Manual)C (Model Course)A (Advice)L (Letter)GA (General Assembly) +2 more
e.g.R
:type_letter
Number
String

4-digit zero-padded number; GA series uses dotted series.index

4-digit zero-padded for S/R/G/M/C; dotted series.index for GA; dotted series.subseries.item for L
e.g.0103
:number
Sub-part
Integer

Optional hyphenated sub-part suffix

Optional. Hyphenated suffix on the number.
e.g.-1
:subpart
Edition
String

Prefixed with "Ed" (cover form) or ":ed" (compact listing form)

"Ed X.Y" (cover form) or ":edX.Y" (compact listing form).
e.g.Ed 3.0
:edition
Language
Enumeration

Single uppercase letter in parentheses: E, F, S, C, A, R

E (English)F (French)S (Spanish)C (Chinese)A (Arabic)R (Russian)
Optional. Single uppercase letter in parentheses.
e.g.F
:language

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Relationships between IALA identifiers:

RelationDescriptionSyntaxExample
EditionCover-page vs listing-page edition formsIALA [Type][Number] Ed [X.Y] | IALA [Type][Number]:ed[X.Y]IALA R1016 Ed 2.0
Sub-partSub-part within a numbered publicationIALA [Type][Number]-[SubPart] Ed [X.Y]IALA C0103-1 Ed 3.0
AnnexWraps a base publication with an annex markerIALA [Type][Number] Annex [A-D] Ed [X.Y]IALA G1128 ANNEX A Ed 1.6
LanguageTranslation suffix as a parenthesised letterIALA [Type][Number] Ed [X.Y] ([Lang])IALA R1016 Ed 2.0 (F)