Re: Conflict resolution?

["David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>]

Donald,

>(1) In the absence of other provisions, there is always a way to apply to
>register/allocate any name/number provided for in any IETF standard.  Contact
>IANA.  (This doens't mean you will necessarily get what you want from IANA.)

Exactly.  However instead of simply rejecting the requests outright, the
IANA has deferred the creation of new TLDs until appropriate procedures
were established.  Of course, now the requestors are using this in an
attempt to force their demands.  Sad.

>(2) Your statement above is almost right except that these *were* ISO 
>3166 TLDs, weren't they?

I don't think so (at least they are not from my ISO 3166 list, but it
might be out of date) -- I believe they come from a list of international
postal codes or something like that.  Jon (of course) would be definitive
on this...

Regards,
-drc