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Update on history of `uk' top level, greatly condensed from David 

Pick's emailed account.
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Barry Warsaw 1998-12-27 20:08:49 +00:00
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@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ nameorgs = {
"net": "networking", "net": "networking",
"org": "non-commercial", "org": "non-commercial",
"int": "international", "int": "international",
# this isn't in the same class as those above, but for some reason (of # This isn't in the same class as those above, but is included here
# which I am not aware), `uk' is the common practice country code for the # because `uk' is the common practice country code for the United Kingdom.
# United Kingdom. AFAICT, the official `gb' code is routinely ignored! # AFAICT, the official `gb' code is routinely ignored! David Pick
# If you have a clue as to why this is, or if there is an official # <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk> tells me that `uk' was long in use before ISO3166,
# document describing this, please let me know. ISO3166 certainly makes # but in reverse order (e.g. uk.ac.qmc) and this was just carried over
# no mention of this. # into the New World of the Internet.
# #
# See <url:http://www.ripe.net/docs/ripe-159.html#222123> # See <url:http://www.ripe.net/docs/ripe-159.html#222123>
"uk": "United Kingdom (common practice)", "uk": "United Kingdom (common practice)",