<div><div dir="auto">Javier,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">“Country code” is an established term of very long standing, going back to RFC 1591 and used many times since in RFCs, the ICANN Bylaws, etc., etc. It’s not within our remit to change it. See, e.g., the IANA website at <div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.iana.org/help/eligible-tlds">https://www.iana.org/help/eligible-tlds</a>:</div></div></div><div dir="auto"><h2 style="margin:1em 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Noto,"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">Eligible countries for country-code TLDs</h2><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Noto,"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">We are not in the business of deciding what is and what is not a country. Instead, we employ a neutral standard maintained by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency. Our policy is to create new country-code top-level domains when the country or territory is listed on the ISO 3166-1 standard.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Noto,"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">The codes we use are two-letter codes from the ISO 3166-1 standard. The selection of the ISO 3166-1 standard as a basis for country-code top-level domain names was made with the knowledge that ISO has a politically neutral procedure for determining which entities should be and should not be listed in the standard.</p></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 1:06 PM Javier Rua <<a href="mailto:javrua@gmail.com">javrua@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hey:<div><br></div><div>I think text should always say “country or territory code” when it says “country code”...</div><div><br></div><div><br><div id="m_2124333827039131AppleMailSignature">Javier Rúa-Jovet<div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">+1-787-396-6511</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">twitter: @javrua</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">skype: javier.rua1</span></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua</a> </font></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Aug 20, 2018, at 10:23 AM, Emily Barabas <<a href="mailto:emily.barabas@icann.org" target="_blank">emily.barabas@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Work Track 5 members, <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In advance of the call this coming Wednesday 22 August at 20:00 UTC, the leadership team is sharing revised draft recommendations on 2-character letter-letter combinations in ASCII and country and territory
names. These revisions will be discussed on Wednesday’s call. Feedback is encouraged on the mailing list prior to the call.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The following is a summary of the changes since the last version:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Added summary/introductory text on the first page to provide context and clarify the purpose of the document.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_2124333827039131MsoListParagraph">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Removed language about consensus calls for the moment, so that the group can focus of the content of the draft recommendations.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_2124333827039131MsoListParagraph">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Clarified in the text of recommendations 1-8 that the recommendations apply to the top level only.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_2124333827039131MsoListParagraph">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Removed reference to translations from recommendations 3, 4, and 6 for the moment. Since there is currently a range of views on the issue of translations, the leadership team suggests including a question in the Initial Report
about this issue (see final section of the attached document for proposed text). Once the group has reviewed community input, the WT can finalize a recommendation on this issue if there is agreement to do so.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_2124333827039131MsoListParagraph">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Revised recommendation 7 to clarify the text following feedback on the mailing list.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_2124333827039131MsoListParagraph">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Removed the text “the ICANN community may want to consider. . .” from recommendations 2-8, since there does not appear to be agreement on this language. A recommendation 9 has been added, which focuses only on the scope of work
for the PDP. <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily Barabas
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Policy Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:emily.barabas@icann.org" target="_blank">emily.barabas@icann.org</a> | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><Draft Recommendations - country and territory names - 20 August 2018.pdf></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><Draft Recommendations - country and territory names - 20 August 2018.docx></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org" target="_blank">Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5</a></span></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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