I own a .co.uk domain, and I whenever I’ve dealt with Java-style package naming, I’ve gone with uk.co.domainname. Once I encountered package that did the following: co.uk.domainname.
Is one of these right, or is it something that’s up to the developer’s discretion? Is there some sort of convention that deals with this?
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There’s no real rule here, just the conventions that Sun created with the com.sun.* packagers. The only real requirement is uniqueness and that the co.uk… convention defines a folder/file structure.
What will be the decider in your case is what name you want for a ‘root’ folder – ‘uk’ or ‘co’?
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Java tutorials make it pretty clear that you should use the inverse of your domain name, e.g. uk.co.domainname. If you mix it up and go with co.uk.domainname then you run the risk of someone with the site http://uk.co clashing with your package naming structure. While unlikely, you may as well stick to the standards and rule any potential clash out.