> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "A.M.Rutkowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: A few answers on ISO-3166... >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by ties.itu.ch id WAA16531 >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: "A.M.Rutkowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >At 03:32 PM 2/24/99 , John Charles Broomfield wrote: > >>Hi all, >> A little while back a few questions were raised on who/why some >>ccTLDs had come into existance. >>My question to the ISO-3166 maintenance agency: > > >As someone who was responsible for coordinating this >across rue Varemb� in Geneva (a very short block with >ISO hq is on one side, ITU on the other), let me add that >ISO is a non-governmental standards organization whose >symbol specifications are supposed to represent places >for information systems processing purposes with no >attendant implications. This is contrasted with ITU symbols >that may be the subject to UN resolutions and treaty >instruments. Even at the ITU, however, pragmatic solutions >are usually sought with an attendant caveat about no >implications. In addition, DNS TLD symbols didn't always >religiously follow the ISO standard. > >During the period that most of those symbols were added >at ISO, the decisions were made out of the ISO Director >General's office in Geneva. > > > > Teddy A. Purwadi PT Transmedia Mitra Indonesia Grha Citra Caraka, Mezzanine Fl, Transmedia Suite Jln Jend Gatot Subroto 52, Jakarta 12710 - INDONESIA V:+62-21 526 8777 F:+62-21 526 8789 I:http://www.access.net.id E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- STOP-LANGGANAN: 'unsubscribe' ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] START-LANGGANAN: 'subscribe' ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
