[At-Large] At-Large Use of Country and Territory Names as Top Level Domains

[Christopher Wilkinson]

Maureen:

1.	The ISO alpha-3 codes should be reserved in the same way as the alpha-2 codes, which are exclusively used for ccTLDs.

	The ISO-4217 alpha-3 codes should also be reserved because they represent currencies.
	For instance EUR represents the Euro (€) and definitely should not be used for anything other than official representation of the Euro.

2.	I agree with Evan that there should be a moratorium on any new gTLDs until there has been a thorough evaluation of the existing new gTLD programme.

In any event the whole issue of the representation of country names will go to the GAC if it is not already there.

Regards

Christopher


On 22 Sep 2015, at 09:09, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear At-Large members
>  
> Country codes are traditionally a 2-letter string. The new gTLD process is enabling country and territory codes to be expanded to 3-letters (or even as whole names).
>  
> The “Cross Community Working Group for the Use of Country and Territory Names as Top Level Domains” is asking: 
>  
> 1. Should these new 3-letter country/territory codes be reserved ONLY as ccTLDs OR should they be open to everyone as gTLDs?  (This question refers to 3-letter code IDN ccTLDs and IDN gTLDs as well)
>  
> 2. What advantages or disadvantages does your answer offer either group (ccTLDs or gTLDs)?
>  
> Please return your answers to these two questions to me asap. J
>  
> For those who would like to contribute to other questions about this topic please refer directly to the workspace 
> https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Use+of+Country+and+Territory+Names+as+Top-Level+Domains+Workspace  
>  
> All comments welcome J
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