[lir-wg] Fw: Project to Define a cc-IANA...for "substantial ccTLDs"

Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:08 PM
Subject: Project to Define a cc-IANA...for "substantial ccTLDs"


> http://www.wwtld.org/~shanghai/cc-IANA.html
> Project to Define a cc-IANA
> ====
>
> "Critically, the success of this project will be measured by the number of “substantial” ccTLDs"
> ...
>
> "The US Department of Commerce, from its side, needs to have these same assurances and the firm acceptance of the other respective
> governments that they should accept these entries as authoritative."
>
> ===
>
> http://www.caida.org/analysis/geopolitical/bgp2country/data/source_add_pre_as.txt
>
> US 704056771 (50.357%)     65945 (58.259%)     5899 (53.317%)
> AU   14416063 ( 1.031%)      5894 ( 5.207%)      213 ( 1.925%)
> CA   26436124 ( 1.891%)      5313 ( 4.694%)      239 ( 2.160%)
> ZA    6533529 ( 0.467%)      2703 ( 2.388%)       35 ( 0.316%)
> ??  306555022 (21.926%)      2547 ( 2.250%)      276 ( 2.495%)    <<<<<<<< OZ or NZ ?
> DE   51874361 ( 3.710%)      2410 ( 2.129%)      402 ( 3.633%)
> JP   36287488 ( 2.595%)      1959 ( 1.731%)      215 ( 1.943%)
> KR   18529780 ( 1.325%)      1859 ( 1.642%)      309 ( 2.793%)
> UK   40459542 ( 2.894%)      1691 ( 1.494%)      261 ( 2.359%)
> SE    9381784 ( 0.671%)      1162 ( 1.027%)       66 ( 0.597%)
> FR   28506472 ( 2.039%)      1137 ( 1.004%)      200 ( 1.808%)
> HK    2799696 ( 0.200%)      1086 ( 0.959%)      140 ( 1.265%)
> MX    4643076 ( 0.332%)      1062 ( 0.938%)       75 ( 0.678%)
> =====
>
> US...AU...CA...ZA...OZ or NZ...DE...JP...KR...UK...SE...FR...HK...MX
>
> Will this be capped at 16 ?...if the total TLDs allowed are 64 ?...25% to the so-called ccTLDs ?
>
> 25% to gTLDs
>
> 25% to sTLDs (Staff "sponsored" TLDs)
>
> 25% to iTLDs (I* society)
>
>
> Jim Fleming
> 128-bit DNS is closer than you think...
> COM...DE...NET...ORG...INFO...BIZ...US...ONLINE
> http://ipv8.dyndns.tv
> http://ipv8.dyns.cx
> http://ipv8.no-ip.com
> http://ipv8.no-ip.biz
> http://ipv8.no-ip.info
> http://ipv8.myip.us
> http://ipv8.dyn.ee
> http://ipv8.community.net.au
>
>
> Note.....
>
> OZ came from the old style two-drawer file cabinets with the "top" being A-M and the "bottom" being O-Z
>
> If the "top" is going to be A-M, then the "bottom" will be N-Z, as in NZ.
>
> So, we have TLDs and BLDs, Top Level Domains and Bottom Level Domains.
>

Correction....OZ came from the old style two-drawer file cabinets with the "top" being A-N and the "bottom" being O-Z

I know .AN wants to be the "top" and .OZ wants to be the "bottom".
http://www.iana.org/root-whois/an.htm

Will that be decided in Amsterdam ?

AN and OZ
or
AM and NZ