[Pkg-isocodes-devel] Obsolete countries - alpha 2 codes

[Tobias Quathamer]

Am 05.06.2013 09:24, schrieb Pedro Ferreira:
> Hello,
> 
>> I think that Christian is right, we should probably split the file into
>> two parts (ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-3).
> 
> And in that case, should the alpha 2 codes be added to such file?
> Is there any way I can help? Is this information being manually
> extracted from the standard and can it be used freely? I believe I can
> get my hands on a copy if that's the case.

Hi,

if I understand the ISO webpage correctly, there is no longer a
two-letter code, because it has been retracted. Therefore, I would not
add it to the XML file.

Please note, however, that the first two letters of the alpha-4 code are
the letters of the former two-letter code. So if you absolutely need
those two letters, you can extract them from the four letter code.

Hope this helps,
Tobias


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