On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:35 PM, tabris <tab...@tabris.net> wrote: > On 08/27/2013 12:33 PM, Bradley Huffaker wrote: > > We are currently working on an algorithm that automatically detects > > geographic hints inside of hostnames. At this point we are seeking > > operators who can validate some of our inferences. Please contact me > > if you can valid one of the inferences below or can provide us with one > > we have missed. > > > > ########################################### > > # Inferences > > ########################################### > > > > <iata> (International Air Transport Association airport code) > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code > > <iaco> International Civil Aviation Organization airport code > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code > > <clli> COMMON LANGUAGE Location Identifier Code > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLLI > > <city name> largest populated city with the given name > > for example "sandiego" is "San Diego, CA, US" > > <iata>.yahoo.com > > > not in every case is iata helpful for yahoo. > > There is lax.yahoo.com and sjc.yahoo.com, but that's really only true > for a few limited peering-points. > for non-US, most of the actual data centres have names related to the > country. in US often more city related, but even that's a bit hairy with > places like 'mud.yahoo.com' >
Hey, MUD made sense at the time; it's the "Mid US Datacenter". :P (now, good luck fitting that into any pattern scheme...) > peering points are still somewhat more random, may be city, country, or > partner related ['the' is in london, for example] THE makes sense; everyone knows TeleHouse East. I actually didn't even know about the IATA acronym until this thread, so I can honestly say it didn't enter into the naming discussions; I dare say there's a lot of other networks out there in a similar situation. Hitting 93% accuracy is actually pretty mindblowing from my perspective, given how random some of the naming choices are. ^_^; Matt
