From: Misha Wolf <misha.wolf@reuters.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 10:16:32 -0700 (PDT)
Let me quote from ISO 3166/MA N 334, "List of Reserved Code Elements",
dated May 1996:
Certain code designations existing in other coding systems ...
differing from those established in this Standard should not be used
for designating entities in ISO 3166.
...
LIST OF RESERVED ALPHA-2 CODE ELEMENTS
...
EU European Union
...
I was not aware of this. (Last time I saw a copy of ISO 3166 was
before the EU treaty was signed --- but anyway, I didn't remember the
existence of this type of reservation.)
What is the practical difference between registering a code for an
entity, and reserving a code to denote that entity?
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@diku.dk> (Humour NOT marked)
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