[Pkg-isocodes-devel] Result of ISO 3166 UN list

[Christian Perrier]

Quoting Tobias Toedter (t.toedter at gmx.net):
> Hi,
> 
> as suggested in bug #261184, I've compared the UN list of country names
> (ISO 3166) with our current XML file. The result is attached.
> 
> I think we should apply the Italian part of the patch; I'm not sure about 
> the rest. Comments are welcome.

Actually, nothing seems convincing to me, except maybe the change for Afghanistan

> -		official_name="The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan" />
> +		official_name="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan" />

The Republic of AF is probably no longer "Transitional" since the
Talibans have been thrown away...and until they unfortunately come back...:-|

> -		official_name="Kingdom of Bahrain" />
> +		official_name="The Kingdom of Bahrain" />

Well, all other kingdoms are named "Kingdom of...." so that would be
inconsistent, imho.


>  	<iso_3166_entry
>  		alpha_2_code="BD"
>  		alpha_3_code="BGD"
> @@ -186,8 +186,7 @@
>  		alpha_2_code="BA"
>  		alpha_3_code="BIH"
>  		numeric_code="070"
> -		name="Bosnia and Herzegovina"
> -		official_name="Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina" />
> +		name="Bosnia and Herzegovina" />

Here, I'm not really convinced as well. What does Wikipedia say ?


>  	<iso_3166_entry
>  		alpha_2_code="BW"
>  		alpha_3_code="BWA"
> @@ -637,7 +636,7 @@
>  		alpha_3_code="ITA"
>  		numeric_code="380"
>  		name="Italy"
> -		official_name="Italian Republic" />
> +		official_name="Republic of Italy" />

Well, unsure also. here *most* "Republic" countries use "Republic of
foo" but some other use "Fooic republic" (Argentina, Centrafrique,
Czech, Dominican, *French*...:-)). So unless another source confirms
that Italy prefers "Republicca d'Italia" over "Republicca italiana", I
suggest we don't change this.


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