[governance] GAC ccTLD Principles

[Joanna Kulesza]

Hi David,

many thanks for this clarification, I must admit I was aware of the 
"special" character of those ccTLDs, but I find it important to be 
discussed here on the list. Taking the argument made a step further one 
might ask why we have a .eu and not .ax, .cp, .dg, .ea, .ic etc. One 
might still consider that there is some flexibility left to IANA in 
including elements of the reserve list into the ccTLD catalogue. I 
suppose that would be the argument of the "folks who believe IANA should 
only use the green ("allocated") codes. I'm not saying it's ICANN's job 
to fix it - I'm just saying there is no simple, solely "technical" 
transition of the political UN decision on statehood into the IANA ccTLD 
root.

Best,
Joanna

P.S. Many thanks for the link - the table is very helpful for 
visualising all the various ccTLD elements all at once.


W dniu 2013-12-13 17:59, David Conrad pisze:
> Joanna,
>
> On Dec 13, 2013, at 2:40 AM, Joanna Kulesza <joannakulesza at gmail.com 
> <mailto:joannakulesza at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Just for the sake of argument: please try and locate the .eu, .ac and 
>> .uk ccTLDs on the ISO list.
>
> This should probably be in a FAQ someplace. Please see the ISO-3166 
> Decoding Table: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso-3166-1_decoding_table
>
> (BTW, pedantic phraseology nit: ccTLDs are not on the ISO list.  ISO 
> 3166/MA maintains a list of (two- and three-letter) country codes, the 
> two-letter version of which is used to derive ccTLDs.  This 
> distinction is important as it demonstrates the chain of authority.)
>
> As you can see from that table, EU, AC, UK, and a number of others are 
> "Exceptionally Reserved" which ISO defines to mean "Code element may 
> be used but restrictions may apply".
>
> IANA, even before ICANN, interpreted any code that is green 
> ("allocated") or yellow ("exceptionally reserved") in that table to be 
> available for delegation as a ccTLD (albeit other restrictions 
> obviously apply).  Note that there are some folks who believe IANA 
> should only use the green ("allocated") codes, but I figure that ship 
> sailed long before ICANN was established.
>
>> A similar argument might be made for .tp .yu and .su yet I realize 
>> that those domains are no longer accepting new registrations.
>
> TP and YU are "Transitionally Reserved" the use of which ISO-3166/MA 
> has indicated should stop "ASAP".  SU was moved from "Transitionally 
> Reserved" to "Exceptionally Reserved" by ISO-3166/MA a few years back 
> (a bit of a story there that I could rant on about, but that's 
> probably a different thread).  My understanding is that .SU does, in 
> fact, accept new registrations.
>
>> The point is that there is some space left for IANA/ICANN in making 
>> their decisions despite the seemingly clear RFCs.
>
> With regards to what defines a ccTLD, not so much.
>
> Regards,
> -drc
>

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