Re: [NA-Discuss] Statement on Pre-Registration: Draft for discussion
Colleagues, I was surprised to hear in the most recent JAS call, the GAC express a current interest in applications from public administrations of urban areas, and the fees for which these public administrations will be liable. For those who hold the belief that a geographic association such as the name of an urban area will not work, how do you distinguish between the urban and the region? If .nyc is "a bad idea (tm)", what kind of an idea is .quebec? They are both political jurisdictions, both mid-sized in the population and average income among the existing entities holding, for better or for worse, iso3166 delegations, and both having functioning administrations. Or are both "a bad idea (tm)", and for the same reason? Prior to joining NARALO I was the CityTLD Constituency Petitioners' appointee (or stuckee) to the GNSO's Operations Work Team, so I've some interest in why people think city governments, which appear to be adopting RDF, linked data stadards, sematic web notions, etc, will not use namespaces. Thanks in advance for you thoughts, Eric
Hi Eric, On 15 June 2011 19:34, <ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net> wrote:
If .nyc is "a bad idea (tm)", what kind of an idea is .quebec?
As an English Canadian I'm wading into dangerous waters with that specific example but... IMO, .québec to represent a geographical area makes no more sense than .nyc .québec to represent a distinct culture without finite geographical bounds but with unique symbols, language, character, and diaspora, shares more in common with .cat than .nyc and might have a shot at success. It would not surprise me to find out that English-language content under .québec would be discouraged. (I already note that there no English-language content exists at http://www.pointquebec.org/<http://www.pointquebec.org/en/who> ) OTOH, some residents in the geo-political area now known as the province of Québec -- notably northern aboriginal communities -- have previously disassociated themselves from this identity. In other words, I'd say that that particular issue was ... complex. But I would remain consistent in the opinion that using .québec mainly as a geographical TLD is pointless, but to serve a cultural *may* have promise. (It also helps that .québec is an IDN) - Evan
OTOH, some residents in the geo-political area now known as the province of Québec -- notably northern aboriginal communities -- have previously disassociated themselves from this identity.
I have relatives who are Nth generation anglophone Quebeckers, and they're not too thrilled about the promotion of a purely francophone concept of Quebec or Québec, either. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly
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