package iso-codes tag 261184 pending thanks On Monday 06 August 2007 19:17, Christian Perrier wrote: > > I agree with you. Will you change the file, or do you still have > > limited internet access? > > I have limited access until Thursday evening, so please do so.
Done. > More generally, I don't know what would be best for the long country > names. > > We don't have access to the official source for these because of the > stupid "close source" policy of the ISO-3166 MA. So, I actually fear > that we could have outdated information for some countries. > > On the other hand, I'm unsure: the ISO-3166 MA publishes regular > newsletter with changes...but none of them mentions the *long* country > names...while I'm pretty sure that these are those that change most > often, rather than short ocuntry names. > > We should maybe use another source for the long country names. The UN > lists? Yes, why not. I think that it's a good idea to use as many sources as possible to verify the data. I'll try to extract the information from the UN website, or do you know a downloadable file available somewhere? Regards, Tobias -- Tobias Toedter | What I can't stand is the feeling that my brain is Hamburg, Germany | leaving me for someone more interesting.
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