Changes

==ISO and ICANN==

==ISO and ICANN==

In 1994, the country code Top Level Domain Names ([[ccTLD]]s) was introduced by [[Jon Postel]], then head of the Internet Names and Number Authority ([[IANA]]) through RFC 1591stating that the two-letter country codes are based from ISO 3166-1.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt?number=1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation]</ref> <ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/background_on_iso_3166/iso_3166-1_and_cctlds.htm ISO 3166-1 and country coded Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)]</ref> In September 2000, the [[[ICANN Board]] approved a resolution confirming that the alpha-2 coder under the ISO-3166-1 standards for country names and codes can be delegated as ccTLD unless the code is reserved by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.<ref>[http://books.google.com/booksid=H_iyRLuCVc8C&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=ICANN+implements+the+ISO+3166+ccTLD&source=bl&ots=KI2G51_jGz&sig=Cr9hBYSoHZXP6hJ-R_bGidwOtNg&hl=en&ei=cox1TpjfNdPTiALO4_2zAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false E-Commerce and Development Report 2002, page 29]</ref>

In 1994, the country code Top Level Domain Names ([[ccTLD]]s) was introduced by [[Jon Postel]], then head of the Internet Names and Number Authority ([[IANA]]) through RFC 1591stating that the two-letter country codes are based from ISO 3166-1.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt?number=1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation]</ref> <ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/background_on_iso_3166/iso_3166-1_and_cctlds.htm ISO 3166-1 and country coded Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)]</ref> In September 2000, the [ICANN Board]] approved a resolution confirming that the alpha-2 coder under the ISO-3166-1 standards for country names and codes can be delegated as ccTLD unless the code is reserved by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.<ref>[http://books.google.com/booksid=H_iyRLuCVc8C&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=ICANN+implements+the+ISO+3166+ccTLD&source=bl&ots=KI2G51_jGz&sig=Cr9hBYSoHZXP6hJ-R_bGidwOtNg&hl=en&ei=cox1TpjfNdPTiALO4_2zAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false E-Commerce and Development Report 2002, page 29]</ref>

==References==

==References==