[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: > Given the not-complete stability of ISO 3166, some might be motivated > toward an alternative for other reasons.
The numeric codes are not managed by the RA but by the UN Statistics Division, are freely available for any use, and are rock-stable. I recommend them. There are also a set of non-overlapping numeric codes for the major transnational regions of the world, also assigned by the UNSD. See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm for countries and http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm for regions. But for long-term stability, nothing beats "Roma", which has designated the same city for the last 2756 years. -- Eric Raymond is the Margaret Mead John Cowan of the Open Source movement. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --Lloyd A. Conway, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan amazon.com review http://www.reutershealth.com
