On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Minh Nguyen <m...@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> wrote:
> On 2014-11-07 22:35, Greg Morgan wrote: > >> In contrast to the addr:state debate that we are having, I always >> use addr:country key with the "US" value. The difference here is that >> addr:country is an agreed upon ISO standard. >> > > To be pedantic, the two-letter state abbreviations are codified in ISO > 3166-2: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US > > The standard covers virtually all of the countries in ISO 3166-1 with > alphabetic, numeric, or alphanumeric codes. In the U.S., the codes are > instantly recognizable as USPS abbreviations, but I don't know whether the > codes elsewhere are as commonly recognizable. Not a Canadian but can confirm the ISO 3166-2:CA abbreviations are immediately recognizable as the standard Canada Post/Postes Canada abbreviations.
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