On 2/14/11 3:30 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:
owen,
at several points you assert that gtlds are "global", which i suggest is an error on your part.
TLDs come in two flavors.
GTLD -- Global Top Level Domain -- A domain which contains records for entities not restricted to a particular geographical area.
CCTLD -- Country Code Top Level Domain -- A domain which is under the control of a particular national government represented by the corresponding 2-letter ISO country code.
The G in GTLD is Global... I'm not asserting anything, it's flat out in the term.
ok. we've reached the point where your subject matter expertise is obviously greater than mine. i've been working in icann policy and registry technology since ... well, since the nic contract was one floor below my office in sri's e-building. and you _know_ that "g" means "global". -e