FYI. As a side remark, the following does indicate that the ISO world is not
all inflexible:
The currency code for the euro for use in monetary transfers by financial
institutions et al. has been registered in the three-letter form as 'EUR'
and in the numeric form as '978' with the international registration
authority BSI [British Standards Institute], appointed by ISO according to
standard ISO 4217.
Note: This three-letter code does not follow the normal rule: the two-letter
country code ('EU', not eligible for registration as such, although reserved
for this purpose by the ISO 3166 maintenance agency), followed by the first
letter in the name of the currency (which normally would be 'E').
Regards,
Erkki I. Kolehmainen
TIEKE Tietotekniikan kehittämiskeskus ry
TIEKE Information Technology Development Centre
Salomonkatu 17 A 10, FIN-00100 HELSINKI, FINLAND
Tel: +358 9 4763 0301, Fax: +358 9 4763 0399
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Lähettäjä: Maurizio Codogno [mailto:mau(_at_)beatles(_dot_)cselt(_dot_)it]
Lähetetty: 17. elokuuta 2000 19:33
Vastaanottaja: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Aihe: Re: Control by consent (Was Re: Any surprize at all?
vint:
There are several
scenarios that would lead to a .eu - an obvious one being the adoption of
.eu
on the 3166-1 list by the ISO committee that maintains 3166.
I know that 3166 has very peculiar ideas about what deserver a country
code, but I have the feeling that such a scenario is not really
likely.
But leaving politics aside, I am concerned about the possibility of
lack of consensus about which are the root nameservers. This could lead to
HUGE problems, especially when some "smart people" will try to create
two different TLD with the same name.
ciao, .mau.