response comments

Jode Poley (jodep@cvis.com)
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:56:51 -0400

TO whom it may concern;
I am forwarding my opinions regarding new gTLDs and your request for
responses.

B. GENERAL QUESTIONS

1. Number of gTLDs

Generally, how many new gTLDs do you think should be created?

[0 __] [1-10 __] [10-50 _X_] [50-150 __] [150 or more __]

C. CHOICE OF gTLDS

1. Review of IAHC-Suggested gTLDs

How would you rate each of the following gTLD names selected by the
IAHC?

a) .firm (intended for businesses, or firms), check one of the below:

[strongly approve __] [approve __] [no opinion _X_] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]


b) .store (for businesses offering goods to purchase), check one of the
below:

[strongly approve __] [approve _X_] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]

c) .web (for entities emphasizing activities related to the World Wide
Web), check one of the below:

[strongly approve __] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove _X_]
[strongly disapprove __]

If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .web in
this category? __.net____

d) .arts (for entities emphasizing cultural and entertainment
activities), check one of the below:

[strongly approve __] [approve _X_] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]

e) .rec (for entities emphasizing recreation/entertainment activities),
check one of the below:

[strongly approve __] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove _X_]
[strongly disapprove __]

If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .rec in
this category? _none_ Too many companies would abuse the use of *.rec

f) .info (for entities providing information services), check one of the
below:

[strongly approve __] [approve _X_] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]

g) .nom (for those wishing individual or personal nomenclature, i.e., a
personal nom de plume), check one of the below:

[strongly approve __] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove _X_]

If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .nom in
this category? _none_ identified within computer communities (@)

Special note 1: Since this gTLD is for individuals and registrations
could number in the millions, if not hundreds of millions, there is
naturally concern about the
scaleability of a personal name space gTLD. There have been suggestions
that in order to improve the scaleability of the .nom name space, a
numerical identifier
should be added to the .nom gTLD from the outset (e.g, .nom1, .nom2,
.nom3, etc.) Do you agree? [yes__] [no_X_]

Special note 2: There are often suggestions that names like .id, .me,
ind, or .per should be used as a "personal" gTLD. Please note the
following reasons for
rejecting these names:
TLD
Reason for Rejection
.id
.id is already allocated as the ISO 3166 two-letter country
code for Indonesia
all two-letter top level domain are reserved for future ISO
3166 country-code allocations
.me
all two-letter top level domain codes are reserved for
future ISO 3166 country-code allocations
.ind
.ind is the three-letter ISO 3166 country code for India,
we considered it prudent to hold this code in reserve
.per
.per is the three-letter ISO 3166 country code for Peru, we
considered it prudent to hold this code in reserve


2. Creation of gTLD Indicating Adult-Oriented Content

There is often the suggestion made that a dedicated gTLD indicating the
equivalent to a "red-light-zone" would be useful in isolating and
filtering adult-oriented
content from minors on the Internet. There are differing opinions on how
effective this would be. The most common suggestion is the request to
create a gTLD
.xxx. Do you think that a sort of "red-light-zone" gTLD should be
created?

[strongly approve _X_] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]

If you strongly approve or approve, do you think this should be the gTLD
.xxx? [yes_X_] [no__].

If you have replied "no", what gTLD would you suggest in place of .xxx
in this category? ______

3. Other Suggestions

Please make any other suggestion concerning the names of the new gTLDs
not covered above.

_a deeper classification for educational systems - all schools are .edu
but no distinction between primary grades or grad school

Thank you for your time
Jode R. Poley
jodep@cvis.com