[ga] FYI: New TLD for East Timor?

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

>The ISO 3166 Mainenance Agency meets in mid May 2002. On the agenda of that meeting
>are several proposals for changes in the lists of ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2.
>
>These include a number of minor changes of country names notified by the United 
>Nations, the likely change of the official name and code elements for East Timor,
>which becomes an independent country on 20 May 2002, and the second ISO 3166-2 
>Newsletter stating changes in the subdivision lists of about 30 countries
(http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/01whats-new/2002-05-10_changes_iso_3166-1_and_-2.html)
[BTW, does anyone know why the ISO site seems so slow?]

East Timor was formerly also known as "Timor Portuguesa" 
(hence .tp?). http://www.iana.org/root-whois/tp.htm

The official country name will now be 
"Republica Democratica de Timor Leste" 
(http://www.elaw.org/resources/text.asp?ID=1071)
which makes .tl for Timor Leste quite probable.

Currently, the East Timor government can be found 
in the gTLD namespace, including the dress code for
the independence day celebrations (Sunday: smart 
casual, Monday: tropical semi-formal).
http://www.gov.east-timor.org/

Best regards,
/// Alexander

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