Re: [tld-acceptance] List of all top level domains

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas and all,

  Good idea Thomas.  But you would have thought that ICANN
could have figured that out all by itself.  Perhaps the reasons
they did not or could not are due to a lack in having a thinking
staff?

Thomas Roessler wrote:

> On 2004-12-15 09:23:27 -0500, Hoover, Carolyn wrote:
>
> > I think part of the ICANN process of adding a new TLD should be
> > the publishing and publicizing the availability of a new list to
> > those that persist in using a hard coded scheme.
>
> I agree.
>
> > But certainly every opportunity should be used to reinforce the
> > most appropriate method as Thomas suggests.
>
> Part of my point is that, by publishing such a list, IANA can be
> seen to encourage the practice of using hard-coded lists of TLDs.  I
> would recommend to add some additional notes to the IANA web page
> which spell out in what contexts this list is useful, and in what
> contexts its use is a truly bad idea.
>
> --
> Thomas Roessler                       <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

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