Comment on The British government is transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius next week, potentially impacting the existence of the .io domain.

• quant@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Two letters TLD like .io are ISO country codes. Catalonia’s .cat is a generic TLD in comparison. Since .io stands for the “Indian Ocean” and Chagos Island isn’t going to be ‘sovereign’ anymore by becoming part of Mauritius, IANA’s logic is that the ccTLD has to be retired. That .su is still around after the collapse of USSR isn’t a valid argument for them.

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  • sanzky@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    ok. I was not aware the two letter TLD were more restricted than the others. thanks!

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• t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Technically, they haven’t yet. In the past they’ve sometimes transitioned ownership of country-code TLDs over (like the Soviet Union’s .su to Russia). I think they just don’t want to wade into the debate over the Chagos Islands in general.

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