They are country-code TLDs because they use the country codes from ISO 3166. "Country codes" is the title of part 1 of ISO 3166. http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm
There are also the IDN ccTLDs which do not use country codes but which are allocated based on the ISO 3166 eligibility criteria. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Trafalgar: In southeast, northwesterly 4 or 5. In northwest, southwesterly 5 or 6. In southeast, slight or moderate. in northwest, moderate or rough. In southeast, fair. In northwest, occasional rain. In southeast, good. In northwest, good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
