Oh dear. They actually gave them .SS? Wow.
On December 4, 2021 10:18:26 AM EST, "Cynthia Revström" <m...@cynthia.re> wrote: >Hi, > >Not only is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code assigned but the ccTLD is >delegated to NORID's nameservers. >NORID also makes it pretty clear that they are not interested in >selling the TLD, and I suspect that might very well mirror the >position of the Norwegian government. >While something like another country is a different thing to just a >company wanting to profit from a TLD, it still seems unlikely to me. > >Another example: back in 2011 when South Sudan gained independence, >they got an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code which was "SS" which could >understandably have some problems given historical context for that >letter combination.[1] > >So not getting "BV" is a pretty minor thing in comparison to that, IMHO. >There are many countries/geographical entities that have far from >perfect ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. >I think pretty much all codes ending in an X is because there were no >better ones available. (I am not certain on this part though) > >[1]: >https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-independence-idUSTRE75S4A520110629 > >-Cynthia > >On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 12:17 PM Jaap Akkerhuis <j...@nlnetlabs.nl> wrote: >> >> "Jay R. Ashworth" writes: >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: "David Conrad" <d...@virtualized.org> >> > >> > > Jay, >> > > >> > > On Dec 3, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> > >> In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that >> the domain >> > >> is still marked reserved at the Secretariat, >> > > >> > > Sorry, which secretariat? As far as I know, the official status of ISO >> 3166-1 >> > > Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and >> listed on the >> > > ISO website (the “online browsing platform” output for BV being the URL >> I >> > > provided). >> > >> > The ISO 3166 secretariat, yes. >> >> It is no makred as reserved but assigned. >> >> jaap -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
