The web page says the old code is reserved for 5 years. http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/03updates-on-iso-3166/nlv3e-rou.html
More general links referenced here: > This is to inform you that the Web pages of the ISO 3166/MA have been > moved from DIN's Web site to ISOOnline, the Web site of ISO Central > Secretariat at http://www.iso.org. > > The direct URL is > http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html > > We have overhauled the pages completely. Please check the new content > and layout. > > In case your organization has put links to the old site at > http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/index.html and pages > dependent from that one please make sure the links are updated. > > A web page summing up the information given in this mail is posted at: > >http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/01whats-new/2002-02-20-Webpages.html > Mark Davis wrote: > > Of course, any change causes problems. However, they can minimize the > problems if -- at a minimum -- they adopt a permanent, public policy > that: > > a) Once established, a country code will never be reused to > designate a different country. > b) If a country code is changed, the old code will remain as an > alias, permanently. > > That way, even if they continue the policy of changing names at whim, > without regard for the consequences of their actions and the worldwide > dependencies on stable country codes, at least old data is never > invalidated. > > Mark > > (The same goes for language codes, of course.) > ————— > > Γνῶθι σαυτόν — Θαλῆς > [For transliteration, see http://oss.software.ibm.com/cgi-bin/icu/tr] > > http://www.macchiato.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Michael Everson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:21 > Subject: Re: ISO 3166 (country codes) Maintenance Agency Web pages > move > > > Michael Everson scripsit: > > > From the 3166 MA: > > > ===== > > > New alpha-3 code element for Romania > > > > > > At the request of the Romanian Government the ISO 3166/MA decided > to > > > change the ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code element for > Romania > > > from ROM to ROU. > > > > > > The change took effect on 1 February 2002. > > > ===== > > > > As I understand it, this request is more of a command. The only > > fully stable codes in 3166 are the numeric ones. > > > > -- > > John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. > There > > are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the > language > > that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was > wonderful. > > --_The Hobbit_ > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf-languages mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin Director, International Business mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1-781-280-4271 the Progress Company Fax: +1-781-280-4655 ------------------------------------------------------------- Find out about Globalization Empowerment for Progress users mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For a compelling demonstration for Unicode: http://www.geocities.com/i18nguy/unicode-example.html
