- From: Thorvardur Kari Olafsson <thorvardur@stri.is>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 15:29:46 +0000
- To: Tom Garland SMI European Software Centre <tgarland@elc4.Ireland.Sun.COM>
- Cc: www-international@www10.w3.org
At 14:35 7.1.1997, Tom Garland SMI European Software Centre <tgarland@elc4.Irelan wrote: >Hi folks, >can anybody tell me what the current ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code is for >the United Kingdom - "UK" or "GB"? My ISO3166:1993 spec tells me it is "GB". > The ISO code is definitely GB (like in GBP). This is unlikely to change. Usually, Internet top-domains use the ISO country codes, but .uk is an exception from this rule (as are all those 3-character top-domain names). More on top-domain names: I read in the latest ISO 3166 newsletter that some people are asking for non-country based ISO codes to indicate new Internet top-domains, but according to the current ISO standard, all country codes have to refer to a territory. Žorvaršur Kįri Ólafsson (this may get distorted by 7-bit systems) Thorvardur Kari Olafsson (transcribed into the English alphabet) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Icelandic Council for Standardization Stašlarįš Ķslands (STRĶ) Keldnaholt // IS-112 Reykjavik // ICELAND Phone:+354-587 7000 // Fax:+354-587 7409 // Internet:thorvardur@stri.is -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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