On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 07:25:17PM +0100, Frank Ellermann wrote: > lconroy wrote: > > > I guess that the IETF Meeting Registration pages are run by/on > > behalf of the IETF, and that's where the mandatory code is required. > > Tons of forms want this for obscure purposes, if in doubt I pick UM. UM... glad to have you aboard... www.nic.um :) > The history of UK vs. GB is explained in RFC 3071 - for unrelated > reasons I read it yesterday again. Obviously one country should > have one code, and as far as that that code is mnemonic it should > depend on the name of the country. In theory "united kingdom" can > be less persistent - in various countries that's not only a theory. actually, there were other issues w/ the use of country codes & the IETF in recent memory. A -MUCH- more sensitive approach is to call these entities "economies" :) --bill --bill Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf