NationMaster - Encyclopedia: .berlin

.berlin (dotBERLIN) is a proposed new top level domain (TLD). It is a so called sponsored generic top level domain intended to be a top level domain for all places with the name Berlin. The community of Berliners requests its own label on the Internet. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOV Wikipedia policy is that all articles should be written from a neutral point of view. ... Shortcut: WP:RULES Wikipedia is a collaborative project and its founders and contributors have a common goal: Wikipedia has some policies and guidelines that help us to work toward that common goal. ... UDRP - Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy A document used by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the purpose of creating guidelines for use when disputes arise regarding the registration of internet names (domain names). ... A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. ... A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organization. ... Berlin is the capital of Germany. ...

Along with TLDs such as .cat, .asia and .eu, .berlin and other proposed TLDs fall into the new category of GeoTLDs. The issue of new top level domains in general and .berlin in particular has been discussed at various ICANN-Meetings since 2005. .cat is a top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be used to highlight Catalan language and culture. ... .asia is a generic top-level domain proposed by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry to be operated by Afilias. ... ICANN (pronounced I can) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ...

The rationale for the proposal of new TLDs for regions and cities is that the Internet is becoming more local and search enquiries increasingly concern the Internet user’s local environment. At the same time, domains are a scarce resource in some of the current domain endings. The proposal to extend the Internet’s namespace is seen as an advancement of the current system. In general, a namespace is an abstract container, which is or could be filled by names, or technical terms, or words, and these represent (stand for) real-world things. ...

The .berlin campaign is backed by companies, institutions and individuals mainly from the German capital and being endorsed by the German Parliament, the Bundestag (printed paper no. 16/4564). The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ...

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.de is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Federal Republic of Germany. ... .asia is a generic top-level domain proposed by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry to be operated by Afilias. ... .cat is a top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be used to highlight Catalan language and culture. ... .bzh (dotBZH) is a proposed top-level domain for sites about the Breton culture and language. ... .gal is a proposed top-level domain for sites from Galicia, or related to this Spanish nationality. ...

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Categories: Wikipedia articles needing style editing | Berlin culture | Science and technology in Germany | Generic top-level domains A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organization. ... .biz is a generic top-level domain (TLD) intended for domains to be used by businesses; the name is a phonetic spelling of the first syllable of business. ... For dot-com companies, see dot-com company. ... .edu (education) is the generic top-level domain for educational institutions, primarily those in the United States. ... .gov is the generic top-level domain used by the United States federal government. ... .info is a generic top-level domain intended for informative websites, although its use is not restricted. ... .int is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used on the Internets Domain Name System. ... .mil is the generic top-level domain for the United States Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations. ... .name is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) intended for the use of individuals. ... .net is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used on the Internets Domain Name System. ... .org (organization) is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used in the Internets Domain Name System. ... A sponsored top-level domain is a generic top-level domain proposed by an independent agency, with that agency establishing and enforcing rules restricting the eligibility of registrants to use the TLD. For example, the . ... .aero is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used on the Internets Domain Name System. ... .cat is a top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be used to highlight Catalan language and culture. ... .coop is a generic top-level domain intended for the use of cooperatives. ... .jobs is a top-level domain approved by ICANN on April 8, 2005 as a sponsored TLD as part of the second group of new TLD applications submitted in 2004. ... .mobi (also known as DotMobi) is a top-level domain approved by ICANN and managed by the mTLD global registry dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices via the Mobile Web. ... .museum is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used exclusively by museums, museum associations, and individual members of the museum profession, as these groups are defined by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). ... .pro is a generic top-level domain for professionals. ... .tel is a top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be restricted to internet communication services, and provide a supplement to the traditional numeric namespace for telecommunication services (i. ... .travel is a top-level domain approved by ICANN as a sponsored TLD in the second group of new TLD applications evaluated in 2004. ... .arpa is an Internet top-level domain (TLD) used exclusively for Internet-infrastructure purposes. ... . The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions. ... .asia is a generic top-level domain proposed by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry to be operated by Afilias. ... There are several proposed top-level domains which have not yet been approved by ICANN, as of 2007: .berlin . ... .bzh (dotBZH) is a proposed top-level domain for sites about the Breton culture and language. ... .cym (dotCYM) is a proposed top-level domain for sites written in the Welsh language. ... .gal is a proposed top-level domain for sites from Galicia, or related to this Spanish nationality. ... .geo is a generic top-level domain proposed by SRI International to be used to associate Internet resources with geographical locations, via a system of georegistrars and georegistries with hierarchical addresses representing locations in a grid encircling the Earth. ... .kid is a generic top-level domain proposed by the European Parliament for websites designed for children, and would be monitored by an independent authority. ... .kids is a proposed top-level domain that its supporters hope would deter the spread of pornography to minors. ... .mail is a generic top-level domain proposed by Spamhaus, but unapproved by ICANN. It would attempt to reduce the spam problem by creating addresses which have been authenticated as not belonging to spammers, and with verified contact information, paralleling the actual addresses (in other TLDs) of servers used to... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... .post is Top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be restricted to the use of national and regional postal services, and private businesses that provide similar services. ... .sco (dotSCO) is a proposed top-level domain. ... .web is a generic top-level domain operated as an alternative registry, not in the official root, by Image Online Design since 1995. ... .xxx is a proposed top level domain (TLD) intended as a voluntary option for sexually explicit sites on the Internet. ... .nato is a former Internet top-level domain. ... .example is a reserved top-level domain not intended for real use in the global DNS. It was defined in June 1999 by RFC 2606, along with . ... jhjhjh ... .localhost is a Reserved top-level domain never intended for actual use in the global DNS. Its reservation is to avoid misuse with the common localhost See also Reserved top-level domains RFC2606 - Reserved domains list and information Generic top-level domains .aero . ... .test is a Reserved top-level domain never intended for actual use in the global DNS. It was not one of the original top-level domains established in 1985. ... A number of pseudo top-level domains to be used in naming computers have been defined at various times. ... .bitnet was a pseudo-domain-style suffix used in the late 1980s when identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet but possibly reachable through inter-network gateways. ... .csnet was a pseudo-domain-style suffix used in the late 1980s when identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet but possibly reachable through inter-network gateways. ... .local is a domain used by Apple Computers Bonjour protocol. ... .onion is a pseudo-domain-style address suffix (similar in concept to such endings as . ... .uucp was a pseudo-domain-style suffix used in the late 1980s when identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet but possibly reachable through inter-network gateways. ... In addition to the Internets main DNS root (currently consisting of 13 nominal root nameservers working in agreement with ICANN), several organizations operate alternative DNS roots (often referred to as alt roots). ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ...

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