Gavin Nice work. You should probably add "eire" as the alternative for "Ireland", as our government tends to like having both the Irish and English versions Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Domains http://www.blacknight.co/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://www.technology.ie Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Locall: 1850 929 929 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Fax. +353 (0) 1 4811 763 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 ________________________________________ From: gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org [gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org] on behalf of Gavin Brown [gavin.brown@centralnic.com] Sent: 25 November 2013 17:09 To: Luis Muñoz; Alexander Mayrhofer Cc: gtld-tech@icann.org Subject: Re: [gtld-tech] Specification 5 - Country names... again..

I went to the trouble of interacting with the primary sources and obtaining workable references because what is published is quite hard to coerce into the format we all need it. In the process I received rather amusing responses from various organizations that should know better. I'm attaching a list that should be easier to work with.

Rather than simply sending them to this mailing list, wouldn't it be better to setup a github repo or similar device so that updates can be made to the data, and we all have access to the latest version of the common work? In the meanwhile, comments and additions are welcome.

I agree: https://github.com/centralnic/spec5-reserved-names I've added your list, plus the file I was working on. Let's see if we can work out a format that makes sense for this - JSON? XML? YAML? G. -- Gavin Brown Chief Technology Officer CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC) Innovative, Reliable and Flexible Registry Services for ccTLD, gTLD and private domain name registries https://www.centralnic.com/ CentralNic Group plc is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 8576358. Registered Offices: 35-39 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6AR.