[dns-wg] Re: Elimination of 2nd level ccTLD domain names

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> wrote:

> > EU is not on that list.
> 
> Rules always have exceptions :-)

http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-25sep00.htm#00.74
is where the EU reads that EU is available for delegation. There has been
lots of discussion and argument around this application of the "reserved codes"
list, let's not rehash that here.

> In Europe, see .AC, .GG, .IM and .JE, which are in the root but were
> never in ISO-3166 (I always mention this when people say that things
> were better with Jon Postel).

Those codes came from a list of the UPU (see www.upu.int and the 'post' TLD ...)
and are also on the ISO3166 "reserved" list, see also
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/04background-on-iso-3166/iso3166-1-and-ccTLDs.html

The list of reserved code points is officially only available from the ISO
3166/MA via email:

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/10faq/frequently-asked-questions.html#Q08

-Peter