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'''RFC 1591''' is considered one of the foundational documents of the Internet, particularly in regard to the delegation of [[ccTLD]]s.<ref>See, for example, [https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/546/ "The Origins of ccTLD Policymaking"], Cardozo Journal of International & Comparative Law, 2004</ref> It was drafted in 1994 by [[Jon Postel]].<ref name="rfc">[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 IETF.org - RFC 1591], March 1994</ref>
==Policy==
The RFC lays out the core principles of [[IANA]]'s delegation of domains to registries. It identifies the key criteria to be considered when reviewing a request for delegation.<ref name="rfc" /> It also states the maxim that the IANA is "not in the business of deciding what is and what is not a country."<ref name="rfc" /> Postel adopted the ISO-3166-1 list of two-letter country codes as the canonical reference for what is considered a country, "with the knowledge that ISO has a procedure for determining which entities should be and should not be on that list."<ref name="rfc" />
The decision to utilize the ISO-3166 list has stood the test of time to the present day, although not without some controversy. The proliferation of [[Open Use ccTLD|open use ccTLDs]] caused some to rethink the system of two letter country codes. For example, in RFC 3071, written in 2001, [[John Klensin]] suggested a reclassification of TLDs as either "true generic," "purpose specific," or "country domains," the last category consisting of ISO-3166 country codes that are "operated according to the original underlying assumptions of [RFC] 1591."<ref>[[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3071 IETF.org - RFC 3071]</ref>
==Framework of Interpretation==
RFC 1591 was the subject of a [[ccNSO]] [[Working Group]] that sought to create a [[framework of interpretation]] for key terms and concepts contained within the RFC.
==References==
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[[Category:Domain Name System]]
==Policy==
The RFC lays out the core principles of [[IANA]]'s delegation of domains to registries. It identifies the key criteria to be considered when reviewing a request for delegation.<ref name="rfc" /> It also states the maxim that the IANA is "not in the business of deciding what is and what is not a country."<ref name="rfc" /> Postel adopted the ISO-3166-1 list of two-letter country codes as the canonical reference for what is considered a country, "with the knowledge that ISO has a procedure for determining which entities should be and should not be on that list."<ref name="rfc" />
The decision to utilize the ISO-3166 list has stood the test of time to the present day, although not without some controversy. The proliferation of [[Open Use ccTLD|open use ccTLDs]] caused some to rethink the system of two letter country codes. For example, in RFC 3071, written in 2001, [[John Klensin]] suggested a reclassification of TLDs as either "true generic," "purpose specific," or "country domains," the last category consisting of ISO-3166 country codes that are "operated according to the original underlying assumptions of [RFC] 1591."<ref>[[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3071 IETF.org - RFC 3071]</ref>
==Framework of Interpretation==
RFC 1591 was the subject of a [[ccNSO]] [[Working Group]] that sought to create a [[framework of interpretation]] for key terms and concepts contained within the RFC.
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Domain Name System]]