Introducing new top level domains will be a waste of time unless the new heirarchies
are properly managed. i.e. Not the complete chaos that has ensued so far.The *.com
domain is an utter mess. It's flat. Not the way DNS was supposed to be used at all.
It is also rapidly spreading into *.net, *.org and others.
Domain squatting, trademark
infringement and other issues can be solved by managing the heirarchy properly. After
all what else are the registrars being paid for?
I propose that second and third
level domains are reserved exclusively for domain administration purposes in addition
to the top level domains, end users should only be allowed access to 4th level domains.
Registrars should only be given access to register domains in the 4th level where
the namespace is likely to be flat.
A set of generic administrative categories
should be created under the top level domains.
Examples:
books.com
software.com
computers.com
plumbers.com
electronics.com
research.com
trademarks.org
animals.org
lobbyist.org
parody.org
freespeech.org
society.org
Below
these first level general categories could be either country specific domain entries.
Examples:
US.trademarks.org
UK.trademarks.org
FR.trademarks.org
US.plumbers.com
UK.plumbers.com
IT.plumbers.com
Or,
more specific categories which relate to the more general category they are within.
os.software.com
pim.software.com
ss.software.com
office.software.com
cpu.electronics.com
pda.electronics.com
medical.research.com
environmental.research.com
etc
etc etc.
Then when someone wishes to register a domain, they should be strictly
required to specify the categories which they wish to register within. Anyone found
to be registering in inappropriate categories should have those entries removed.
Web
browsers and other services could then actually make use of the domain heirarchy.
Looking for a plumber? Guess where.
None of this is rocket science.