The ISO 3166 code CS

[Mark Davis]

I agree that we can't have permanent stability, but 20 years is rather
arbitrary, and based on current country-creation rates, lower than it
need be*. The best approach is simply not to reuse codes until forced
to.

Mark

(Who knows, in 2050 we may all be members of the EU -- with Chinese as
the official language).
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Addison Phillips [wM]" <aphillips at webmethods.com>
To: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis at jtcsv.com>
Cc: <ietf-languages at iana.org>; "Michael Everson"
<everson at evertype.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 08:09
Subject: Re: The ISO 3166 code CS


> While I share Mark's alarm and concern about the reassignment of CS
> after only a very short interval, I can see why total stability may
not
> be easy to achieve.
>
> There are not quite 700 possible codes. While that is larger than
the
> total number of countries, countries change name/border/status often
> enough and their meaningful names are not randomly distributed
enough to
> have long term stability. Permanent lockout of code reuse will
require
> something other than ISO3166 alpha-2.
>
> The interval on CS, though, was not nearly long enough. If
> Czechoslovakia were some antique of a bygone age it would be
different.
> No one, I suspect, would object to a code for the "Austro-Hungarian
> Empire" being reassigned some other use. Somewhere between five
years
> and ninety years lies a more reasonable boundary. I would
tentatively
> suggest 20 years.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Addison
>
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>
> Mark Davis wrote:
> > Yes. If they move quickly, they can avoid the damage.
> >
> > Mark
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> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Michael Everson" <everson at evertype.com>
> > To: <ietf-languages at iana.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 01:46
> > Subject: Re: The ISO 3166 code CS
> >
> >
> >
> >>Marc, does this imply that the int'l community should insist that
> >
> > the
> >
> >>3166 MA *rescind* the reassignment of CS and assign something else
> >
> > to
> >
> >>Serbia and Montenegro?
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