<p dir="ltr">Yes thanks indeed and can I be noted as "strongly supporting your plea for consistency in use of the terms" referring to ISO terms (preferably the authoritative terms of course!) </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 02/04/2015 2:38 am, "Annebeth Lange" <<a href="mailto:annebeth.lange@uninett.no">annebeth.lange@uninett.no</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you, Jaap. Very useful.<br>
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Annebeth B Lange<br>
Head of Legal and Policy<br>
UNINETT Norid AS<br>
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> Den 1. apr. 2015 kl. 14.44 skrev Jaap Akkerhuis <<a href="mailto:jaap@nlnetlabs.nl">jaap@nlnetlabs.nl</a>>:<br>
><br>
> All,<br>
><br>
> In the last call I pleaded for consistency of terms, when referring to<br>
> ISO subjects. As I have noticed over time (and not only our group but<br>
> all over the ICANN community) there is a tendency use informal<br>
> terminology and definitions in various discussions. That does sometimes<br>
> causes confusions of Babylonian proportions.<br>
><br>
> I offer here some clarifications in the form of this FAQ. I hope it<br>
> helps to minimize the confusion in the discussion, and also in the<br>
> development of the glossary to our current draft.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> jaap<br>
><br>
> ----<br>
><br>
> Q: What is the ISO 3166?<br>
><br>
> A: It is an international standard developed by ISO. ISO 3166 provides<br>
> universally applicable coded representations of names of countries<br>
> (current and non-current), dependencies, and other areas of<br>
> particular geopolitical interest and their subdivisions. The<br>
> standards consists of three parts, ISO 3166-1 (Part 1: Countries<br>
> codes), ISO 3166-2 (Part 2: Country subdivisions code), ISO3166-3<br>
> (Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries). The edition<br>
> (version) of is identified by the year of publication. Therefore<br>
> the full reference to the current (third) Edition of ISO 3166 Part<br>
> is ISO 3166-1:2013.<br>
><br>
> The codes only uses the ASCII letters (A-Z) and numbers (0-9) and<br>
> for ISO 3166-2, hyphens.<br>
><br>
> Q: What form of codes are defined?<br>
><br>
> A: ISO3166-1 uses two letter codes alpha-2), three letter codes<br>
> (alpha-3) and numerical codes, ISO 3166-2 uses codes starting with<br>
> and ISO 3166 alpha-2 code an hyphen and one or more letters or<br>
> numbers, while ISO 3166-4 uses 4 letter codes.<br>
><br>
> The codes can have various classifications such as Assigned (by ISO<br>
> 3166/MA or User Assigned), Unassigned, Reserved in various ways<br>
> (Exceptionally, transitional, and Indeterminately). See also<br>
> <<a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/country_codes_glossary.htm" target="_blank">http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/country_codes_glossary.htm</a>><br>
> for details.<br>
><br>
> The real authoritative source for these terms is of course the<br>
> Standard itself.<br>
><br>
> Q: What is the ISO list code list?<br>
><br>
> A: There just a list. However the term is used colloquially to denote<br>
> (most of the time) the list with the Country Code Assignments in<br>
> Section 9 of ISO 3166-1. People tend to use this imprecise, often<br>
> lumping the Reserved Codes also in the notion of "the ISO 3166<br>
> list". At the same token but even more confusing is the use of the<br>
> term "the ISO 3166-2 list" not meaning part 2 of the standard but<br>
> the list of the alpha-2 codes from Part one (and then it isn't<br>
> whether they mean all possible codes, both the Assigned and the<br>
> Reserved or just the Assigned).<br>
><br>
> Q: What is the purpose of all these codes anyway?<br>
><br>
> A: To paraphrase from ISO 3166-1, the codes are intended to be used in<br>
> any application requiring the expression of current country names<br>
> in coded form. The term "country names" is defined in definition<br>
> 3.4 "name of country, dependency, or other area of particular<br>
> geopolitical interest". That is why often sees the term "Countries<br>
> and territories" is used as a reminder that it is not just about<br>
> countries.<br>
><br>
> Q: What has statistics to do with these codes?<br>
><br>
> A: The list of countries in Part 1 are based (but not limited to) on<br>
> the list in the "Standard Country or Area Code for Statistical Use"<br>
> of the UN.<br>
><br>
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