Data element redundancy

[leonardcj]

I am curious as to why the dataset carries both country_code (as a two letter ISO-3166 code) and country_name (spelled out). The inclusion of country_name increases dataset size, while adding no additional information that could not come from a simple ISO-3166 lookup table.

[mariagould]

This is helpful feedback, thanks. The short answer to the question is that it appears this way in ROR because ROR currently uses GRID's approach. Going forward this is something we can consider as part of future changes to the data model after we have established independent management of the registry.