[CPWG] URGENT - WT5 proposal for 3-letter country codes

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Dear Justine,

On 12/08/2018 10:26, Justine Chew wrote:
> In other words, if we make ISO 3166-1 Alpha 3 letter codes available,
> how should we deal with the Union of the Comoros' then right to and/or
> potential desire for (the already delegated) ".com" gTLD?   

Standard conflict that we've seen ever since the beginning of this
discussion in the mid nineties. Yes, this is a problem. One of the
problems is that some people think these days that the DNS is so tight
and that there cannot be exceptions. Such rigidity is the base for a
perfect bureaucracy. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) both the DNS
and various other aspects of the Internet have their exceptions. Take
ISO3166 & .UK for example. Some bureaucrats wanted to move the .UK TLD
to .GB in the early nineties. They backtracked soon enough when they
found out some of the repercussions, costs & political implications of
the difference between the United Kingdom for Great Britain & Northern
Ireland vs. Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) itself.

So there could be other exceptions.

Kindest regards,

Olivier
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