Referencing an alias resource file in 3066:bis

[John Cowan]

Mike Ksar scripsit:

> Thanks for your reply.  I know that the current 3066bis allows options
> for 2 alpha code or 3 digit UN country number, but what I am asking for
> is to have a third option to specify alpha3 country codes which do exist
> and are used in certain implementations.  

Well, that burdens receivers of codes in favor of a small minority of
senders of codes, which is generally a Bad Thing:  receivers want to
be able to only deal with en-us rather than having to treat en-usa as
an alias for it.  In addition, alpha-3 country codes have never been
used in language codes.

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