2006/03/09

second level country domain

I try to ask myself are there any standard names or rules and regulations for second level sub-domains under country code domain such as .hk, .cn and .uk. Seems like the authorities of ccTLD can decide this matter on their own. I notice that Korea uses ".or.kr" to replace ".org" for organizations while UK just uses ".co.uk" instead of ".com.uk" for companies. As for Hong Kong, we have "idv.hk" which stands for individual.

Recently, the UK ccTLD has rejected the sub-domain ".scot.uk" which is to represent Scottish registered organizations. I personally think the resource required is not so much and the proposal should be supported. Hmmm.....there might political considerations behind the scene.

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