Re: Conflict resolution?

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 8:24 PM -0600 11/21/96, Alexandre Khalil wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Simon Higgs wrote
> >At 12:39 AM -0800 11/21/96, Michael Dillon wrote:
>
> >> > rs.internic.net/netinfo/iso3166-countrycodes
>
>   That is the 1994 edition which now (now on the way to become) outdated.
>
>   See below
>
> >> > No Jersey. No Guernsey. Either InterNIC's ISO 3166 information is out
> >> > of date (!), or they fall into the first category.  Both TLDs were
> >> > created in 1996.
>
> >> So what. They still aren't iTLD's and aren't relevant to this list. If you
> >> have a problem with this stuff why not talk to IANA directly.
>
> >For those bears of little brain who keep insisting that there is/was no
> >procedure for any new TLDs except "to wait for the IAHC", these new
> >TLDs** show that there is an existing, functioning, and active
> >procedure to establish new non-ISO 3166 TLDs in ".". The procedure *IS*
> >there. Denial is futile.
>

The following, though semi-informative, completely misses the point.
The issue is the existing application process, not ISO 3166.

>   One moment.  ISO 3166 has just gone through an update and which is now
> at the draft (DIS) stage to make the updated list the official standard.
>
> -------------------------
> from http://www.iso.ch/cate/cat.html
> then do a search for number/text "3166"
> -------------------------
>
> ISO/DIS 3166-1
> Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
> -- Part 1:
> Country codes (Revision of ISO 3166:1993)
>
> Edition: 1 (bilingual)
> Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 46
> ICS: 01.140.30
>
> Descriptors: alphabetic codes, coded representation, codes, countries,
> nomenclature, numeric codes, organizations for code assignment
>
>
> Last updated on 1996-11-16
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^
> ---------------------------
>
>   No, I have not seen the draft that is going through finalization.
>

Which means the current version is still valid.

> >**BTW, I have no problem with either of these two TLDs being in the
> >root (though I am very suprised Canvey Island and the Isle of Wight
> >did't get the same treatment ;^p). They just happen to be convenient
> >examples.
>
>   ISO 3166 is full of surprises: the Palestinians don't have their ps/pse
> 2/3 letters code domain registered -it is only reserved, sez the
> secretary of TC46- while the penguins of the South Pole enjoy .aq
> (Antarctica).
>

You've obviously not had the pleasure of visiting Canvey Island. ;-)


Simon

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