Re: Scotland ccTLD? - armchair quarterbacking
Perhaps a dose of factual information may temper this thread. If we are talking about ISO-3166-2 - the basis for the CCTLD delegations, then: 1_ Scotland has no say in the country code selected. 2_ ICANN has no say in the country code selected. 3_ The choice is up to an ISO committee. See: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm /bill PO Box 12317 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 310.322.8102 On 16September2014Tuesday, at 18:15, Larry Sheldon larryshel...@cox.net wrote: On 9/16/2014 18:57, Masataka Ohta wrote: What will happen to .uk if England is left alone? Masataka Ohta There are still at least 3 countries left in the UK if Scotland splits. The name change is that in that event, Great Britain (.gb country-code Reserved Domain - IANA) will refer only to the land mass (which it should any way, but if often used to refer to the three kingdoms on it. -- The unique Characteristics of System Administrators: The fact that they are infallible; and, The fact that they learn from their mistakes.
Re: Scotland ccTLD? - armchair quarterbacking
well, apropos to point #2, the iso3166/ma includes representatives from ten agencies, of which a certain 501(c)(3) originally in marina del rey, now in los angeles, is included. however, i can't imagine staff offering an opinion of record on the subject. ay for aye would work for me. -e On 9/17/14 8:03 AM, manning bill wrote: Perhaps a dose of factual information may temper this thread. If we are talking about ISO-3166-2 - the basis for the CCTLD delegations, then: 1_ Scotland has no say in the country code selected. 2_ ICANN has no say in the country code selected. 3_ The choice is up to an ISO committee. See: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm /bill PO Box 12317 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 310.322.8102 On 16September2014Tuesday, at 18:15, Larry Sheldon larryshel...@cox.net wrote: On 9/16/2014 18:57, Masataka Ohta wrote: What will happen to .uk if England is left alone? Masataka Ohta There are still at least 3 countries left in the UK if Scotland splits. The name change is that in that event, Great Britain (.gb country-code Reserved Domain - IANA) will refer only to the land mass (which it should any way, but if often used to refer to the three kingdoms on it. -- The unique Characteristics of System Administrators: The fact that they are infallible; and, The fact that they learn from their mistakes.
Re: Scotland ccTLD? - armchair quarterbacking
On 9/17/14 8:03 AM, manning bill wrote: Perhaps a dose of factual information may temper this thread. If we are talking about ISO-3166-2 - the basis for the CCTLD delegations, then: 1_ Scotland has no say in the country code selected. This is not actually true. We have prior art on countries not liking the code they were assigned, and successfully lobbying for it to be changed. This is one of the entanglements that I referred to previously. :) Doug
Re: Scotland ccTLD? - armchair quarterbacking
- Original Message - From: manning bill bmann...@isi.edu Perhaps a dose of factual information may temper this thread. If we are talking about ISO-3166-2 - the basis for the CCTLD delegations, then: 1_ Scotland has no say in the country code selected. Am I missing something, or is the Finnish transition from .sf to .fi counterevidence to that assertion? Cheers, -- jr 'so many things are just me' a -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
