Northern Ireland
Peter_Constable at sil.org
Peter_Constable at sil.org
Mon Jun 2 10:28:28 CEST 2003
Michael Everson wrote on 05/31/2003 11:17:59 AM:
> NI, of course, is the ISO 3166 country tag for Nicaragua, and UK is
> not assigned in ISO 3166.
UK is "exceptionally reserved" in ISO 3166, the meaning of which is:
<quote>
Code elements not included in the current version of ISO 3166-1 may be
reserved by the ISO 3166/MA,
as transitional reservations, as a consequence of changes in the
standard. Code elements of this category may be used only during a
transitional period while new code elements that may have replaced
them are taken into use;
as indeterminate reservations, if justified by their presence in
other coding systems associated with ISO 3166-1 and where their
reservation may facilitate the use of the system concerned. Any use
outside such systems is prohibited and such code elements are
expected eventually to be either eliminated or replaced by code
elements in ISO 3166-1;
as exceptional reservations, at the request of national ISO member
bodies, governments and international organizations. This applies to
certain code elements required in order to support a particular
application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such
use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by
the ISO 3166/MA.
</quote>
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html
- Peter
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