1. Geographic proposals

2. Internationalized country code top-level domains

3. Language and community

4. Domains for children

5. Technical domain name themes

6. Specialized and professional topics

7. See also

8. References

9. External links

The Domain Name System of the Internet consists of a set of top-level domains which constitute the root domain of the hierarchical name space and database. In the growth of the Internet, it became desirable to expand the set of initially six generic top-level domains in 1984. As a result, new top-level domain names have been proposed for implementation by ICANN. Such proposals included a variety of models ranging from adoption of policies for unrestricted gTLDs that could be registered by anyone for any purpose, to chartered gTLDs for specialized uses by specialized organizations.^[1] In October 2000, ICANN published a list of proposals for top-level domain strings it had received.^[2]

Geographic proposals

• .geo - Generic geographical locations.

• .africa - General category for African websites.
• .ln and .le - Currently being sold by Dennis Hope's "Lunar Embassy Commission" alongside .lunar, .moon, .venus, .mars, .jupiter, .saturn, .uranus, .neptune, .pluto. People who purchase novelty deeds for outer space property from him are also given free domains.^[3] None of these TLDs are supported at present by root servers.
• .toronto - was proposed by City of Toronto staff.

Internationalized country code top-level domains

The following ccTLDs (Country code top-level domains) have been requested using a procedure known as Internationalized domain name (or IDN) ccTLD Fast Track Process. It is possible that some requests have been withdrawn.

The following countries have national languages which use other script than Latin, but have no internationalized country code top-level domain, and none proposed in the above list:

• Afghanistan
• Bahrain
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Chad
• Cyprus
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• North Korea
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lebanon
• Maldives
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Tajikistan

Language and community

These proposals are centered on creating an independent Internet identity for linguistic and cultural communities. They are mostly inspired by the success of the .cat domain created for websites in the Catalan language or about the Catalan culture.

• Note: The dotCYMRU, dotEUS, dotSCOT and dotBZH have formed the ECLID  , the European Cultural and Linguistic Internet Domains umbrella group to lobby for the successful and speedy application for the bids.

Domains for children

Several entities have proposed a top-level domain named kids. {{As of|2009}}, none of these proposals have been implemented.{{outdated|date=June 2018}}

Applications for a kids domain have included:

• Blueberry Hill Communications, Inc., a domain name registration and hosting company in California, submitted a proposal^[12] Registry services would be subcontracted to Neustar and Melbourne IT. Registrars are selected under same criteria and process currently imposed by ICANN. This proposal would not rely on objective criteria for categorizing content.
• DotKids, established in 2000 in Rosemont, Illinois intends to utilize SARAF Software Solutions Inc. for software development of a kids registry. DotKids would deal only with ICANN accredited registrars; content rating information is to be retained in the registry and is to describe ratings for an entire site.^[13]
• ICM Registry, Inc. request the kids TLD^[14] as an integrated solution for improving child safety on the Internet by implicitly attempting to restrict content across both TLDs and targeting a narrow registrant group.
• .KIDS Domains, Inc.^[15] is a California for-profit corporation; the proposed registry operator is Toronto-based domain name registrar Tucows Inc. Kids would be a restricted TLD. .KIDS Domains therefore does not intend to allow other registrars to register domain names.

Current projects also aimed at creating a TLD for children include:

• The DotJunior Project,^[16] an organisation established in late 2014 trying to launch a .Junior TLD for child safety purposes.

The European Parliament has also proposed kid for websites designed for children.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} It would be monitored by an independent authority.

In US a sub-domain for children had established since 2003 based on "Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002, PL 107-317".(us) exists a second-level domain kids.us. However, on 27 July 2012 NTIA decided to suspend it.^[17][18]

Technical domain name themes

• .mail – A domain for e-mail networks, proposed to facilitate fighting e-mail spam.
• .web – A domain for general use on the world wide web.

Specialized and professional topics

• .eco – environmental causes^[19][20] – Limited existence in 2016 and full launch in 2017.^[21]
• .med – medical practitioners and organizations^[22] – exists from 2016.^[23]
• .shop – electronic commerce sites^[24] – exists from 2016.^[25]
• .sport – sport sites^[26]

See also

• List of Internet top-level domains
• Generic top-level domain – New top-level domains

References

External links

• Forty Studies That Changed Psychology
• Forty Thieves (film)
• Forty-third century BC
• Forty-third State
• Forty-Third State
• Forty-Two Articles of Religion
• Forty-Two Line Bible
• Fort Yukon AFS
• Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site
• Fort Yuma film
• Fort Yuma Gold
• Forty under 40
• Forty under forty
• Forty Winks (1925 film)
• Forty Winks (1931 film)
• Forty-Year War
• Fort Zachary Taylor
• Fortza Paris – Sardinian People's Party
• Fort Zegrze
• Fort Zeller
• Fort à la Corne Trail
• Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz
• Fortún Sánchez
• Forud
• FORUDEF