.asia
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| Introduced | 2006 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
| Status | Approved |
| Registry | Afilias |
| Sponsor | DotAsia Organisation |
| Intended use | As a regional domain for Asia and the Pacific |
| Actual use | Not in use yet, as the contract between ICANN and the DotAsia Organisation has yet to be finalized |
| Registration restrictions | Limited to legal entities in Asia/Australia/Pacific region |
| Structure | Registrations would be taken directly at second level |
| Documents | Proposal to ICANN |
| Dispute policies | UDRP; Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Policy; may also have local dispute policies for Asian countries based on their local ccTLD policy |
| Web site | DotAsia.org |
.asia is a generic top-level domain sponsored by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry operated by Afilias. It was approved by ICANN on 19 October, 2006 as a sponsored TLD. It will serve as a regional domain for companies, organisations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.
The existent ccTLD of .as is reserved for American Samoa, although it admits foreign sites.
The sunrise period for .asia began on 9 October 2007, and full roll-out is planned for March 2008.
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Generic top-level domains | |
|---|---|
| Unsponsored | .biz · .com · .edu · .gov · .info · .int · .mil · .name · .net · .org |
| Sponsored | .aero · .asia · .cat · .coop · .jobs · .mobi · .museum · .pro · .tel · .travel |
| Infrastructure | .arpa · .root |
| Proposed | Locations: .berlin · .lat · .nyc · Children: .kid · .kids · Language communities: .bzh · .cym · .gal · .sco · Technical: .geo · .mail · .web · Other: .post · .xxx |
| Deleted/retired | .nato |
| Reserved | .example · .invalid · .localhost · .test |
| Pseudo-domains | .bitnet · .csnet · .ip · .local · .onion · .uucp |
| Unofficial | See Alternative DNS roots |
| See also: Country code top-level domains | |
ca:.asia cs:.asia da:.asia es:.asia eu:.asia fr:.asia ko:.asia it:.asia hu:.asia nl:.asia ja:.asia no:.asia pl:.asia ro:.asia ru:.asia sv:.asia zh:.asia
