morrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 days agoItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1854arrow-down17
arrow-up1847arrow-down1external-linkItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlmorrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoccTLDs are based on the ISO two letter country codes - it’s deferring the responsibility for cleaning up the British mess to ISO
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoBut why did the Indian ocean territories ever have an ISO country code, they were never a country? It doesn’t make sense that a territory should lose its TLD just cause it changes countries.
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoHalf grandfathered in from a period when UK was a commonwealth, and ANZAC were not technically independent. ISO-3166-1 has a lot of “countries” that aren’t actually independent - but useful to have codes for because they are geographically distinct.
ccTLDs are based on the ISO two letter country codes - it’s deferring the responsibility for cleaning up the British mess to ISO
But why did the Indian ocean territories ever have an ISO country code, they were never a country? It doesn’t make sense that a territory should lose its TLD just cause it changes countries.
Half grandfathered in from a period when UK was a commonwealth, and ANZAC were not technically independent.
ISO-3166-1 has a lot of “countries” that aren’t actually independent - but useful to have codes for because they are geographically distinct.