TLD Questionnaire

Hello All,

Here's the first draft for the TLD questionnaire.  I propose to send it 
to the SOA for each European TLD with a note to forward it to the SOA for 
any neutral subdomains (e.g. co.uk, ac.at) as they are more likely to be 
aware of the day to day running of the domains available for use by the 
'public'.  If anyone has any objections or modifications, please contact 
me and I'll try to include them.  If I hear nothing by the end of next 
week (20th October), I'll send the questionnaire unaltered.

If anyone has a list of *all* the European TLDs, please send me a copy so 
I can mail all the SOAs.

Regards,

Guy Davies					 tel: 01223 250122
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Network Support Engineer		       email: guyd at pipex.net
Unipalm PIPEX					 url: http://www.pipex.net
216 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 4WA

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DNS Questionnaire
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1.  Who defines your policies?

2.  How do you establish your naming policies?

3.  What legal status, if any, do your decisions/policies have?

4a. Would you register sub.tld (e.g. co.uk, ac.uk etc)?
 b. Do you have geographic subdomains in the tld (e.g. state.tld, county.tld)?
 c. If so, how do you split your tld?

5a. Would you register domain.tld (e.g. microsoft.uk)?
 b. Would you register domain.sub.tld (e.g. microsoft.co.uk)?

6a. Do you allow individuals to register names or just organisations?
 b. If you differentiate between individuals and organisations, what are your 
    criteria?

7a. Do you require proof of identity?
 b. If so, how do you prove the identity of a requestor?

8.  Do you register domains only for organisations/individuals located in your
    country or do you allow anyone to register in your tld?

9a. Do you allow a single organisation to register more than one domain?
 b. If so, do you limit the number of domains registered by a single 
    organisation?

10a.To whom would you allocate well known names like digital.tld/
    digital.sub.tld?
  b.What criteria do you use when deciding whether or not to allow a name?

11a.How do you arbitrate between two or more claims to the same name?
  b.Who is responsible for the arbitration?

12a.Do you allow the registration of geographical names (cities, countries, 
    rivers, etc)?
  b.If so, would you register one for an individual organisation?

13a.Do you have any names which may not be registered (e.g. names in bad taste, 
    names of protocols, etc)?

14a.Do you run secondary nameservice for subdomains of the tld?
  b.If so, is this optional/mandatory and do you charge for the service?

15a.Do you check for a running nameserver at the time of request?
  b.Do you check for a running nameserver at regular intervals after the 
    name has been delegated?

16. Do you allow the reservation of names (i.e. no running service)?

17a.Do you charge for reservation/registration of names?
  b.If so, is it a one off fee, an annual subscription or both?
  c.How much is the fee?

18a.Do you remove unused domain names?
  b.If so, how do you define an unused domain?

19. Do you think that the current system you operate will be changed over the 
    next 12 months?

20. Do you accept requests for domains from providers only, from anyone or from 
    a different group only?

21. What resources are allocated to the administration of the domain?

22. Do you have any automation of the registration/delegation process?