Re: [idn] Prefix for testing AMC-Z implementations

["Mark Davis" <mark@macchiato.com>]

I don't see why this is an issue at all. Any two letters could mean
something somewhere to someone. The fact that they happen to be country
codes should be irrelevant.

Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: <DougEwell2@cs.com>
To: <idn@ops.ietf.org>
Cc: <Robert.Shaw@itu.int>; <phoffman@imc.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [idn] Prefix for testing AMC-Z implementations


> In a message dated 2001-09-24 12:57:24 Pacific Daylight Time,
> Robert.Shaw@itu.int writes:
>
> > I saw some mention here of avoidance of ISO 3166 alpha-2 codes
> > (the basis for ccTLDs) which seemed, a priori, especially
> > considering the topic matter, a "good idea". DZ is the alpha-2
> > code for Algeria*. There are some "clean reserved codes" which
> > will never be used in ISO 3166 (if I remember right). I'll check
> > into this and relay this back.
>
> I found the following on a page maintained by Clive Feather.  Hope this
helps.
>
> "The two letter codes AA, QM to QZ, XA to XZ, and ZZ, all three letter
codes
> beginning with those pairs, and numeric codes beginning 9, are available
for
> individual use and will not be allocated to countries. The codes OO, OOO,
and
> 000 are designated for use as 'escape codes' to indicate that additional
> codes are being used."
>
> -Doug Ewell
>  Fullerton, California
>
>