Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 04:47:17AM -0400, Scott W Brim wrote:
> > I don't quite see what the difference here is to .edu for example. Isn't
> > this indeed very similar to how the .edu provides a "clearly
> > recognisable" label for educational services and content?
> .edu was an administrative distinction.  (So was .net, originally.)  The
> intent here is clearly to distinguish the *use* of the name, not the
> administration.
The .edu is a (perpetuated) anachronism like .com.  You could ask the US 
universities to rename to .ac.us tree - good luck! :)   

It's interesting how some countries sub-delegate (like the UK, to .co.uk,
.ac.uk, .gov.uk, .ltd.uk, .org.uk, etc) and others do not.   Doing so 
allows some more headroom in namespace, but not all such sub-delegations
are exactly policed for validity.

tim

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