international domain

Explained take a common domain name as the example that the baidu website is composed of two parts, the marking “baidu” is this domain name main body, but the final marking “com” is this domain name suffix, representative's this is a com international domain name,hong kong attractions is the top domain name. But front www. is network, is the www domain name.

　　DNS stipulated that in the domain name marking is composed of English letter and the digit, each marking does not surpass 63 characters, also does not differentiate the big lowercase letter. In the marking (-) cannot use other punctuation mark besides the hyphen. The rank lowest domain name writes in most left side, but the rank highest domain name writes in most right side. The complete domain name which is composed of many markings altogether does not surpass 255 characters.

　　In recent years, some countries also in abundance developed the use to use this national language constitution the domain name, like German, French and so on. Our country also starts to use Chinese domain name, what but may estimate, in our country domestic present quite long time, take English as the foundation domain name (i.e. English domain name) was still the mainstream.

Historical development 　　in 1985, Symbolics Corporation has registered the first .com domain name. At that time the domain name registration just emerged, the applicant is very few. .com domain name in 1993 on Internet presented the WWW agreement, the domain name starts to be popular.

　　in 1993 Network Solutions(NSI) Corporation and The US government signed the next 5 years contract, sole agent .COM, .ORG, .NET three international top domain name registration power. Domain name then altogether only then about 7000. 　　in 1994 started NSI to charge 100 US dollars registry fees to each domain name, two years later every year charged 50 US dollars management fees.

　　at the beginning of 1998, NSI has registered domain name more than 120 ten thousand, 90% use " .COM" Suffix, income more than 6000 ten thousand US dollars. Some people calculated that to 1999 the intermediate stage, this company only domain name registry fee item created income the year 200,000,000 US dollars.

　on July 1, 1997, took The US government " Whole world electronic commerce system " A regulatory policy's part, President Clinton entrusts the American Department of commercial affairs to the Domain Name System implementation folk and the introduction competitive system, and promotes the international participation. On July 2, the American Department of commercial affairs announced face the public collection plan and the appraisal invitation, to The US government's in domain name management role,Hong Kong seo pr the Domain Name System gross structure, the new top domain name increases, to registers the organization the policy and the trademark business's question collection all quarters opinion.

　　on January 30, 1998, The US government Department of commercial affairs announced "the Domain name Technical management Improvement Draft officially through its website (Discussion Manuscript)". This item " which that management completes by Clinton President's Internet policy adviser Mai Geri; Green book " Declared The US government " Discrete and gentle " Turns over the Internet domain name's authority by The US government for the folk organization, " Green book " Summarized in the domain name question Four Fundamental Principles, namely turns over the process the stability, Domain Name System competitiveness, " Thorough " Cooperation and folk, as well as reflection all international user's needs representation.

Under these principles, " Green book " Proposed that sets up a privately operated nonprofit enterprise to take over control the domain name the authority, and The US government's domain name management function will give this Integrated enterprise before September 30, 1998, and most late smoothly completed all management role before September 30, 2000 the reassignment.