Re: [tao-discuss] "2.1 Humble Beginnings" section geography

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Fri, 21 July 2017 20:18 UTC

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On 20/07/2017 22:34, HANSEN, TONY L wrote:
> On 7/14/17, 2:10 PM, "tao-discuss on behalf of Paul Hoffman" <tao-discuss-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> wrote:
> 
>     On 14 Jul 2017, at 19:49, Aris Lambrianidis wrote:
>     
>     > "The IETF first met in Asia (in Adelaide, Australia) in 2000."
>     >
>     > and goes on to say:
>     >
>     > "Currently, the IETF meets in North America, Europe, and Asia.”
>     >
>     > I am not aware of any continent models (as discussed here: 
>     > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent)
>     > which consider Australia as part of Asia.
>     
>     Good catch. However, there are many travel folk who do consider 
>     Australia part of "Asia" as a destination region.
> 
>  
> I seem to recall that the term used at that time was “Pacific Rim” instead of Asia. If any edits were made, this is a possible term for use.

"Asia Pacific" is the normal term in our business, as in www.apnic.net.

"Pacific Rim" is often taken to include the West Coast of America.

     Brian