Re: Q: Generic "Specific" TLDs

[David Collier-Brown <davecb@suncan.Sun.COM>]

Aveek Datta wrote:
> As someone brought up to me in email, I would like to clarify/confirm
> one thing. The gTLDs that IAHC are talking about generic TLDs that are
> truly open to all. Not the "generic-specific TLDs", as I call them, like
> .MED, .CAR (ie, like the categories discussed in the HIGGS document),
> etc, which are "generic" in that they are open to all who fit some sort
> of logical category.
> 
> The inital gTLDs that will be created I hope will NOT be the categorical
> TLDs but true generic TLDs like .COM and so on. I believe that creation
> of categorical TLDs requires expert investigation and careful wording of
> admission requirements so as not to leave loopholes which could be abused
> by registrars. IE: A librarian and a lawyer.

   Hmmn: yes.
   I'd urge them on the WIPO for .tm.int, and raise the following 
corollary: what 
	can
and
	should
iahc say about categorical domains such as .car.* and .airline.*,
where .* can also iclude just ``.''?

   The categories under .com are very attractive to people desiring
to resell domains, and could be misused to direct people desiring,
say, buick.car to <choose-a-compeditor>.com's site.
   
   I've previously suggested addressing this by reserving partions
of the namespace in the new TLDs...

--dave
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