New Web page on supplementary RFC 3066bis codes
Doug Ewell
dewell at adelphia.net
Sat Jun 26 18:53:38 CEST 2004
Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft dot com> wrote:
> Your page has
>
> "Code 003 (North America) differs from 021 (Northern America) in that
> the latter code also encompasses Central America and the Caribbean,
> while the former does not."
>
> Is that backwards?
>
> 003 encompasses 021 (N Amer), 029 (Car.) and 013 (C Amer).
>
> 021 covers Canada, US, Greenland, Bermuda and St. Pierre & Miquelon.
Yes, you are correct. The UN page has this footnote to 021 Northern
America:
"The continent of North America (003) comprises Northern America (021),
Caribbean (029), and Central America (013)."
So I did have it backwards. It's now fixed. Thanks for the catch.
-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
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