Re: Initial gTLD creation

[Daniel Kaplan <dkaplan@terra-nova.fr>]

>The current IAHC draft specifies that 7 new gTLDs will be created
>instantly, with generic names, and all managed exactly the same way
>under a single MoU. I suggest the following alternative: that instead
>the IAHC put out a request for proposals for 7 *charters* for new
>individual shared gTLDs.  These charters would specify the TLD name, a
>rationale for its existence, special management characteristics to be
>specified in the specific MoU for the particular TLD, special
>requirements for registrars (if any), and so on.  Individual 
>registrars would be free to sign the MoU for a particular TLD or not, 
>at their option (I expect that most registrars would sign all MoU's, 
>but some may not).
This sounds interesting. Is it what IAHC had thought about for the 7 
initial gTLDs? It could also be combined with a first set of proposals 
put forth by IAHC itself.

I've also been looking at the IANA list (and other messages on the iahc 
list), not in order to look for any "prior right" (I don't think there 
should be any), but as food for thought for the new gTLDs.

Here are some proposed gTLDs which have at least one quality: they have 
reached a sufficiently "universal" meaning to be useful to almost all 
internauts in the world:
.alt (3-tiered)
.biz
.pro
.info
.com2
.web
.www
.news
.shop
.sex
.art
.media
.mail
.inet

Daniel


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