But where is the 'full IANA rule' publically stated?
Not that I care about this issue, just for completenesses sake.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Antony Van Couvering [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 21 June 1999 16:23
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IFWP] Country code factoids
>
>
> Nigel Roberts asks me to post this on his behalf. - Antony
>
> *********************************************************
>
> Tony:
>
> The full IANA rule is to use the two letter codes in ISO-3166
> including:
> "the UPU codes mentioned in the ISO 3166 list of reserved code
> elements. The effect of this is to allow the four codes: AC, GG, IM,
> and JE."
> (Jon Postel)
>
>
> Nigel Roberts, .GG NIC, Alderney
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Mark
> >Measday
> >Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 5:45 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [IFWP] Country code factoids
> >
> >
> >Lord Postel of Ascension Island, then?
> >
> >Ivan Pope wrote:
> >
> >> > ARPA.
> >> > AC. Ascension Island
> >> > COM.
> >> > GOV.
> >> > GG. Guernsey
> >> > INT.
> >> > IM. Isle of Man
> >> > JE. Jersey
> >> > MIL.
> >> > NET.
> >> > ORG.
> >> > SU. Soviet Union
> >> > UK. United Kingdom
> >> >
> >> > Query: since ccTLDs are by definition tied
> >> > to 3166-1, what are AC, GG, IM, JE, SU, and UK ?
> >> >
> >>
> >> GG, IM, JE are errors on the part of Postel.
> >> UK is a trade off in return for no use of GB ever.
> >> Ivan
> >
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