[cabfpub] ISO 3166-1 country codes

[Bjørn Vermo]

Hello Erwann,

Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 11:45:34 AM, you wrote:

> Nice question.

> XK being one of the "user-assigned code elements", it can therefore be 
> freely used wherever you want, and it won't be used in any update of the
> standard.
> http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/special-code-elements-iso-3166.htm#Reserved-code-elements
> is pretty clear on the purpose and limits of the user-assigned codes.
> Faced with such a request, I'd also tend to approve it, publicly 
> document the use of "XK" code to designate "Kosovo", and notify the 
> ISO-3166/MA of the use of this code.

> EU hasn't recognized Kosovo as an independant nation, it's strange that 
> XK is used by the EC.

Maybe  because  you  do  not need to be an independent nation to have an
ISO-3166 code. There are several examples of such codes for geographical
areas which are not independent countries.


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