My favorite youtuber has just pointed out that Bougainville will separate
formally from Papua New Guinea in 2027, which, surprisingly, is only 5 or 6
years from now.
So I looked up .bv, and of course... it's assigned to Bouvet Island, an
uninhabited island whose political superior says anything that might go in
that TLD will go in .no instead. [Wikipedia]
So, what's the actual status of .bv? Assigned, or reserved? And if it
is reserved at the 3166 secretariat level, can they reassign it?
NORID might try to make a case that BV is the common corporate abbreviation
in their political subdivision... but they're not selling those domains now,
so that doesn't seem compelling.
In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that the domain is still marked reserved at the Secretariat, which is to say they could not have assigned any domains in it yet, even if they were inclined to which we are told they are not.
In short, I think this is a possibility not an impossibility or I wouldn’t have asked.
In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that the domain is still marked reserved at the Secretariat,
Sorry, which secretariat? As far as I know, the official status of ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and listed on the ISO website (the “online browsing platform” output for BV being the URL I provided).
which is to say they could not have assigned any domains in it yet, even if they were inclined to which we are told they are not.
ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codes are used for more than TLDs.
In short, I think this is a possibility not an impossibility or I wouldn't have asked.
“With enough thrust, pigs fly quite well although the landing can be messy.”
However, realistically, I suspect you’d need to get the government of Norway to actively pursue something like transitioning BV from their auspices to anywhere else. I also suspect the government of Bougainville (which I gather doesn’t yet exist) would need to request the change (and get an exception from the 50 year hold down timer). I am a bit skeptical...
In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that the domain
is still marked reserved at the Secretariat,
Sorry, which secretariat? As far as I know, the official status of ISO 3166-1
Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and listed on the
ISO website (the “online browsing platform” output for BV being the URL I
provided).
The ISO 3166 secretariat, yes.
which is to say they could not have assigned any domains in it yet, even if they
were inclined to which we are told they are not.
ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codes are used for more than TLDs.
True.
In short, I think this is a possibility not an impossibility or I wouldn't have
asked.
“With enough thrust, pigs fly quite well although the landing can be messy.”
However, realistically, I suspect you’d need to get the government of Norway to
actively pursue something like transitioning BV from their auspices to anywhere
else. I also suspect the government of Bougainville (which I gather doesn’t
yet exist) would need to request the change (and get an exception from the 50
year hold down timer). I am a bit skeptical...
Oh, there's a *formal* 50 year timer? Apologies, I'd missed that one.
Yeah, as crappy as it will be for them to not have that 3166 code, you're probably
right that it won't happen.
I'm sure *I* would fight for a 3166 code that started with the first letter
of my country name. But it's not my country, so my concerns are esthetic,
and academic (in either send of the word).
There's over 300 unassigned codes to choose from. GV or UV perhaps?
I'm sure *I* would fight for a 3166 code that started with the first letter
of my country name. But it's not my country, so my concerns are esthetic,
and academic (in either send of the word).
I suspect the Bougainvillians (Bougainvillains?) have a few more urgent topics
to attend to. The island's only significant asset is a huge copper mine which
has been closed since 1989 when the civil war started. If they can't figure
out how to both get the mine open again and to deal with the environmental mess
left by the former operator, they won't have much of a country.
> Jay,
>
> > In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that =
> the domain is still marked reserved at the Secretariat,
>
> Sorry, which secretariat?
I'm curious about that secretariat as well.
> As far as I know, the official status of ISO
> 3166-1 Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and
> listed on the ISO website (the "Conline browsing platform"
> output for BV being the URL I provided).
Not only is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code assigned but the ccTLD is
delegated to NORID's nameservers.
NORID also makes it pretty clear that they are not interested in
selling the TLD, and I suspect that might very well mirror the
position of the Norwegian government.
While something like another country is a different thing to just a
company wanting to profit from a TLD, it still seems unlikely to me.
Another example: back in 2011 when South Sudan gained independence,
they got an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code which was "SS" which could
understandably have some problems given historical context for that
letter combination.[1]
So not getting "BV" is a pretty minor thing in comparison to that, IMHO.
There are many countries/geographical entities that have far from
perfect ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
I think pretty much all codes ending in an X is because there were no
better ones available. (I am not certain on this part though)
