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Geographic top-level domain

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Ageographic top-level domain(often shortened asgeographic TLD or geoTLD) is any of an unofficial group oftop-level domainsin theDomain Name Systemof theInternetusing the name of or invoking an association with ageographical,geopolitical, ethnic, linguistic or cultural community. TheIANAdoes not recognize these domains as their own group within the Root Zone Database, rather classifying them asgeneric top-level domains.

As of 2014,several examples of geographic TLDs exist:.london,[1]enabling London businesses, organizations, and individuals to establish an online naming presence,.asia(forAsia),.rio(forRio de Janeirocity),.quebec(forQuébecprovince),.catwhich is asponsored top-level domainintended to be used to highlight theCatalan languageand culture..euis acountry code top-level domain,since "EU" is areserved country codefor theEuropean UnioninISO 3166-1.

In 2017, an interest group focused on geographic TLDs was formed and joined as a member of the Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG) atICANN.The GeoTLD Group AISBL is an international non-for-profit membership association resident in Belgium. It represents and promotes the interests of organizations operating a generic top-level domain which denominates a geographic name, geographic identifier or geographic origin (so-called GeoTLD) with the purpose of serving the respective place, language and culture on the internet.[2]

Proposals

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Examples ofproposed top-level domainsin this category are:

Applications

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On June 13, 2012ICANNrevealed nearly 2,000 applications for new top-level domains, which were expected to go live throughout 2014 after thorough examination.[10]

Many of these are geographic, including:

Internationalized country codes

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Aninternationalized country codeis similar to a GeoTLD, with two differences: it is a domain used exclusively for a sovereign state. The other difference is that an internationalized country code is considered accTLDand not a GeoTLD. More free geographic ccTLD have been applied for and will be active in 2013.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Discover Why.London Is A Perfect Fit For Your Business".Dot London.Retrieved16 February2019.
  2. ^"Promoting local digital Identities for Cities, Regions, Languages and Cultures on the Internet".GeoTLD Group AISBL.Retrieved16 February2019.
  3. ^".BZH - L'extension internet de la Bretagne"..BZH - L'extension internet de la Bretagne.Retrieved16 February2019.
  4. ^"Help Wales Profit from the Next Major Change to the Internet..."dotCYM.Cedwir pob hawl. 2008. Archived fromthe originalon December 13, 2016.
  5. ^".eus the Basque language and culture on the Internet".PuntuEus Elkartea. Archived fromthe originalon July 27, 2011.
  6. ^".gal Asociación".Asociación PuntoGal(in Galician). 2019.Retrieved16 February2019.
  7. ^GmbH, dotSaarland."dotSaarland GmbH - Das kleinste Internet Deutschlands - nic.saarland".nic.saarland.Retrieved16 February2019.
  8. ^"Registry for.be,.brussels and.vlaanderen".www.dnsbelgium.be.Retrieved16 February2019.
  9. ^Hope, David."The Lunar Embassy".Archived fromthe originalon 21 September 2013.Retrieved24 March2012.
  10. ^Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For StringsArchivedJune 15, 2012, at theWayback Machine
  11. ^"ICANN New gTLD Application".gtldresult.icann.org.Retrieved16 February2019.
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