Oh dear. They actually gave them .SS? Wow. On December 4, 2021 10:18:26 AM EST, "Cynthia Revström" <me@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 <jaap@nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:
"Jay R. Ashworth" writes:
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From: "David Conrad" <drc@virtualized.org>
Jay,
On Dec 3, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra@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
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