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Diffstat (limited to 'Tools/world')
| -rwxr-xr-x | Tools/world/world | 22 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Tools/world/world b/Tools/world/world index 1c2d980..e45a077 100755 --- a/Tools/world/world +++ b/Tools/world/world @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ The latest known change to this information was: Friday, 5 April 2002, 12.00 CET 2002 -This script also knows about non-geographic top-level domains. - +This script also knows about non-geographic top-level domains, and the +additional ccTLDs reserved by IANA. Usage: %(PROGRAM)s [-d] [-p file] [-o] [-h] addr [addr ...] @@ -272,9 +272,15 @@ nameorgs = { "net": "networking", "org": "non-commercial", "pro": "professionals", - # This isn't in the same class as those above, but is included here - # because `uk' is the common practice country code for the United Kingdom. - # AFAICT, the official `gb' code is routinely ignored! + # These additional ccTLDs are included here even though they are not part + # of ISO 3166. IANA has 5 reserved ccTLDs as described here: + # + # http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/04background-on-iso-3166/iso3166-1-and-ccTLDs.html + # + # but I can't find an official list anywhere. + # + # Note that `uk' is the common practice country code for the United + # Kingdom. AFAICT, the official `gb' code is routinely ignored! # # <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk> tells me that `uk' was long in use before ISO3166 # was adopted for top-level DNS zone names (although in the reverse order @@ -283,6 +289,12 @@ nameorgs = { # Book' protocols over X.25 to Internet protocols over IP. # # See <url:ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-159.txt> + # + # Also, `su', while obsolete is still in limited use. + "ac": "Ascension Island", + "gg": "Guernsey", + "im": "Isle of Man", + "je": "Jersey", "uk": "United Kingdom (common practice)", "su": "Soviet Union (still in limited use)", } |