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A geographic top-level domain (often shortened as geographic TLD or geoTLD) is any of an unofficial group of top-level domains in the Domain Name System of the Internet using the name of or invoking an association with a geographical, geopolitical, ethnic, linguistic or cultural community. The IANA does not recognize these domains as their own group within the Root Zone Database, rather classifying them as generic top-level domains.
In 2017, an interest group focused on geographic TLDs was formed and joined as a member of the Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG) at ICANN. 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]
.ln and .le - Currently being sold by Dennis Hope's "Lunar Embassy Commission" alongside .lunar, .moon, .venus, .mars, .jupiter, .saturn, .uranus, .neptune, .pluto, .space. People who purchase novelty deeds for outer space property from him are also given free domains.[9] None of these TLDs are supported by the root servers and it is unlikely they will be in the future (Although, with the ICANN decision to allow registration of custom gTLDs, it becomes possible).
On June 13, 2012 ICANN revealed nearly 2,000 applications for new top-level domains, which were expected to go live throughout 2014 after thorough examination.[10]
An internationalized country code is 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 a ccTLD and not a GeoTLD. More free geographic ccTLD have been applied for and will be active in 2013.
^"Discover Why .London Is A Perfect Fit For Your Business". Dot London. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^"Promoting local digital Identities for Cities, Regions, Languages and Cultures on the Internet". GeoTLD Group AISBL. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^".BZH - L'extension internet de la Bretagne". .BZH - L'extension internet de la Bretagne. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^dotCYM. Cedwir pob hawl. 2008. Archived from the original on December 13, 2016.
^. PuntuEus Elkartea. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011.
^".gal Asociación". Asociación PuntoGal (in Galician). 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^GmbH, dotSaarland. "dotSaarland GmbH - Das kleinste Internet Deutschlands - nic.saarland". nic.saarland. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^"Registry for .be, .brussels and .vlaanderen". www.dnsbelgium.be. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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External linksedit
Contribution about GeoTLD at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum IGF in Athens 2006
Article about GeoTLDs by former German Governmental Advisory Committee GAC member at ICANN Michael Leibrandt
ICANN Public Participation Website
ICANN GeoTLD wiki page
January 19, 2024
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This article s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information The reason given is Not in line with current IANA root database Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information September 2021 A geographic top level domain often shortened as geographic TLD or geoTLD is any of an unofficial group of top level domains in the Domain Name System of the Internet using the name of or invoking an association with a geographical geopolitical ethnic linguistic or cultural community The IANA does not recognize these domains as their own group within the Root Zone Database rather classifying them as generic top level domains As of 2014 update several examples of geographic TLDs exist a href london html title london london a 1 enabling London businesses organizations and individuals to establish an online naming presence a href asia html title asia asia a for Asia a href rio html title rio rio a for Rio de Janeiro city a href quebec html title quebec quebec a for Quebec province a href cat html title cat cat a which is a sponsored top level domain intended to be used to highlight the Catalan language and culture eu is a country code top level domain since EU is a reserved country code for the European Union in ISO 3166 1 In 2017 an interest group focused on geographic TLDs was formed and joined as a member of the Registry Stakeholder Group RySG at ICANN 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 Contents 1 Proposals 2 Applications 3 Internationalized country codes 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksProposals editExamples of proposed top level domains in this category are corsica the French island of Corsica a8hna Athens Greece a href berlin html title berlin berlin a city of Berlin Germany a href wien html title wien wien a city of Vienna Austria a href bcn html title bcn bcn a city of Barcelona a href bzh html title bzh bzh a Breton community 3 a href cym html title cym cym a Wales Cymru awarded to the Cayman Islands 4 a href cymru html title cymru cymru a Wales Cymru a href wales html title wales wales a Wales a href eus html title eus eus a Basque language 5 a href gal html title gal gal a Galician language 6 a href lat html title lat lat a Latin America a href saarland html title saarland saarland a the German state of Saarland 7 a href africa html title africa africa a African and Pan African communities a href scot html title scot scot a Scots community a href vlaanderen html title vlaanderen vlaanderen a Flanders Belgium 8 上海 Shanghai ln and le Currently being sold by Dennis Hope s Lunar Embassy Commission alongside lunar moon venus mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune pluto space People who purchase novelty deeds for outer space property from him are also given free domains 9 None of these TLDs are supported by the root servers and it is unlikely they will be in the future Although with the ICANN decision to allow registration of custom gTLDs it becomes possible toronto Toronto Applications editOn June 13 2012 ICANN revealed 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 africa alsace amsterdam amsterdam bar intended for Bar Montenegro barcelona bayern bcn for Barcelona berlin berlin brussels brussels budapest bzh for Brittany catalonia corsica corsica cymru for Wales in Welsh doha durban hamburg hamburg helsinki istanbul kiwi for New Zealand koeln for Cologne kyoto lat for Latin America london madrid melbourne melbourne miami moscow nagoya nrw for North Rhine Westphalia nyc for New York City osaka paris persiangulf quebec for quebec rio for Rio de Janeiro roma saarland scot stockholm sydney taipei thai tirol tokyo vegas vegas wales for Wales in English wien for Vienna Austria vlaanderen vlaanderen for Flanders yokohama zuerich zulu moskva for Moscow rus for the Russian speaking community 11 ابوظبي for Abu Dhabi 佛山 for Foshan 广州 for Guangzhou 深圳 for Shenzhen Internationalized country codes editAn internationalized country code is 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 a ccTLD and not a GeoTLD More free geographic ccTLD have been applied for and will be active in 2013 See also editGeneric top level domain gTLD Country code top level domain ccTLD Internationalized domain nameReferences edit Discover Why London Is A Perfect Fit For Your Business Dot London Retrieved 16 February 2019 Promoting local digital Identities for Cities Regions Languages and Cultures on the Internet GeoTLD Group AISBL Retrieved 16 February 2019 BZH L extension internet de la Bretagne BZH L extension internet de la Bretagne Retrieved 16 February 2019 Help Wales Profit from the Next Major Change to the Internet dotCYM Cedwir pob hawl 2008 Archived from the original on December 13 2016 eus the Basque language and culture on the Internet PuntuEus Elkartea Archived from the original on July 27 2011 gal Asociacion Asociacion PuntoGal in Galician 2019 Retrieved 16 February 2019 GmbH dotSaarland dotSaarland GmbH Das kleinste Internet Deutschlands nic saarland nic saarland Retrieved 16 February 2019 Registry for be brussels and vlaanderen www dnsbelgium be Retrieved 16 February 2019 Hope David The Lunar Embassy Archived from the original on 21 September 2013 Retrieved 24 March 2012 Reveal Day 13 June 2012 New gTLD Applied For Strings Archived June 15 2012 at the Wayback Machine ICANN New gTLD Application gtldresult icann org Retrieved 16 February 2019 External links editContribution about GeoTLD at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum IGF in Athens 2006 Article about GeoTLDs by former German Governmental Advisory Committee GAC member at ICANN Michael Leibrandt Workshop on GeoTLDs at ICANN Meeting in San Juan June 2007 ICANN Public Participation Website ICANN GeoTLD wiki page CityTLD literature Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geographic top level domain amp oldid 1178638062, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
