Canadian Maritime Resource Name (MRN) Guidance

The Maritime Resource Name (MRN) concept is a naming scheme that can uniquely identify any maritime resource on a global scale. The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) developed the MRN concept which has since been adopted by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and other organizations. IALA and IHO provide guidance on their respective namespaces and each Member State is responsible for drafting their own MRN guidance on producer level namespaces. IHO MRN Guidance to be finalized and released soon and IALA MRN Guidance can be found at Maritime Resource Name (MRN) - IALA AISM (iala-aism.org).

Canadian guidance has been drafted and is available for review. For questions or comments relating to the draft guidance please email DFO.CCGENAV-ENAVGCC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.