[db-wg] Recognisition of Kosovo and adding of LIR signup options with Kosovo as well as XK in inet(6)num

Hi Bill,

On 13.05.2022 14:23, Bill Woodcock via db-wg wrote:
> [...]
> 
> The second issue is whether RIPE should be in the business of overriding the ICP-1 delegation of the ccTLD namespace to ISO, which in turn delegates it to the UN Statistics Division. [...]

I can't see how the ccTLD namespace comes into play here.

I however do see ISO 3166 and its surrounding villages to be relevant -
but without their ccTLD connotation.

And as William Weber states: "Hell, even my Raiffeisen bank account IBAN
in Kosovo also starts with XK*....", I feel that this warrants a deeper
and more detailed look into matters - as banks IMHO are not well known
for jumping the gun in adopting (international) standards.

Even more so, as the "XK" for Kosovarian IBANs was not self-assigned by
that Raiffeisen bank, but by SWIFT; see
https://www.swift.com/standards/data-standards/iban-international-bank-account-number
.

IBANs, BTW, are also an ISO norm ;-) - please review ISO 13616-1:2020
(e.g. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:81090:en) for details.

Best,

	-C.