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From: "Oliver Whiteside" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: New ccTLD added to root servers
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:58:06 -0000
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Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:85dh4q$qea$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Martin Vertbois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Who decides if and when a new ccTLD should be added to the root
> >servers?
<snip>
> If the country code is on the ISO 9661 list it has an instant
> admission into the US Government controlled root zone. This is
> primarily a Telco list, so you get odd things like the uninhabited
> Hearn and McDonald islands gat a cctld (.hm) but Scotland, say,
> doesn't (annexe by England). Nor does Tibet (annexed by China)
> and so forth...
<snip>
In light of the recent moves towards devolution for Scotland and Wales there
was some discussion on the Nominet (.uk registry) mailing list than may be
relevant to this thread. IIRC the consensus was that the existence of an ISO
country code is generally deemed to be a yard-stick to gauge eligibility for
ccTLDs, but is not necessarily a requirement. There are some notable
exceptions, regions with no ISO code but still have their own TLD, eg the
Isle of Man (.im), Jersey (.je) and Guernsey (.gg).
And rapidly moving off topic, this amused me :
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/000112/2/dbqm.html
I doubt they will qualify for a TLD.....
Oliver
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