Re: [ga] FYI: New TLD for East Timor?

[Dan Steinberg <synthesis@videotron.ca>]

FYI, the ISO 3166 country code was not created for the purpose of
assigning TLDs.

And there is not necessarily a 1:1 correspondence between 3166 codes and
TLDs. There are numerous exception.

Alexander Svensson wrote:
> 
> >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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