Re: New top level domains for nations (not countries)

[Eric Brunner <teb@opengroup.org>]

Mr. Cotroneo,

I wrote a proposal for ITU X.121 Geographic Zones as one gTLD form
to expand the proposed ISO 3166 Country Code form of gTLDs several
weeks ago, which has been seen by at least one iPOC member, as well
asthe IANA (Dave and Jon, respectively).

This proposed mechanism -- something other than ISO 3166 and the
inherent limitations of both the ISO process for non-States, and
the Nation-State framework for as-yet-not-decolonized polities,
has been discussed within the TribalLaw mailing list and other
Indian Policy lists.

I would be happy to discuss the notion of X.121 zones as an alternative
to, or extension of, the ISO 3166 normative name space, and to learn
the views of others who seek something other than the formalization of
the territorial jurisdictional claims of States.

Alternative forms of aggregation of associations, e.g., water-sheds,
bio-regions, even character encodings of writing systems or languages,
seem as well suited as X.121 zones, or ISO 3166 codes, for gTLDs, and
all, like X.121 zones, remove the presumption of legitimation from any
claiments, for Statehood obtained by lawful means.

Personally, I'm much more concerned about jrandom.NSN.US -- the "Native
Soverign Nation" SLD under the 3166 US TLD, and all that that implies,
right back to the first Cherokee Case ("Dependent Nations") in 1819 and
still Public Law in the US (and Canada), than I am with jrandom.*, for
several of the proposed gTLD add-ons to the basic set. I'd like to see
jrandom.x121-N (1 < N <= 7, there are seven X.121 zones).

Well, enough Solicitude for Soverignty for the day,

Kitakitamatsinohpowaw, (I'll see you all again, in Siksika)
Eric

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