.bv ccTLD

Sat Dec 4 15:20:16 UTC 2021

Oh dear. They actually gave them .SS?

Wow.

On December 4, 2021 10:18:26 AM EST, "Cynthia Revström" <me at cynthia.re> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Not only is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code assigned but the ccTLD is
>delegated to NORID's nameservers.
>NORID also makes it pretty clear that they are not interested in
>selling the TLD, and I suspect that might very well mirror the
>position of the Norwegian government.
>While something like another country is a different thing to just a
>company wanting to profit from a TLD, it still seems unlikely to me.
>
>Another example: back in 2011 when South Sudan gained independence,
>they got an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code which was "SS" which could
>understandably have some problems given historical context for that
>letter combination.[1]
>
>So not getting "BV" is a pretty minor thing in comparison to that, IMHO.
>There are many countries/geographical entities that have far from
>perfect ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
>I think pretty much all codes ending in an X is because there were no
>better ones available. (I am not certain on this part though)
>
>[1]: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-independence-idUSTRE75S4A520110629
>
>-Cynthia
>
>On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 12:17 PM Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap at nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:
>>
>>  "Jay R. Ashworth" writes:
>>
>>  > ----- Original Message -----
>>  > > From: "David Conrad" <drc at virtualized.org>
>>  >
>>  > > Jay,
>>  > >
>>  > > On Dec 3, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
>>  > >> In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that the domain
>>  > >> is still marked reserved at the Secretariat,
>>  > >
>>  > > Sorry, which secretariat?  As far as I know, the official status of ISO 3166-1
>>  > > Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and listed on the
>>  > > ISO website (the “online browsing platform” output for BV being the URL I
>>  > > provided).
>>  >
>>  > The ISO 3166 secretariat, yes.
>>
>> It is no makred as reserved but assigned.
>>
>>         jaap

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