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And where did the ISO3166 country codes come from?
by dkasper 8y ago
And where did the ISO3166 country codes come from?
- ryanlol 8y agoISO 3166 is regularly updated to reflect changes in country names and subdivisions. These changes are done by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO3166/MA). The maintenance agency includes representatives from the following 14 organizations: Association française de normalisation AFNOR (France) American National Standards Institute ANSI (United States) British Standards Institution BSI (United Kingdom) Deutsches Institut für Normung DIN (Germany) Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) Standards Australia (SA) Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Universal Postal Union (UPU) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html Edit: tialaramex wrote a better explanation here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19625425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19625425