Sue Chooi wrote:
>
Greetings Sue.
> Hi "all",
>
> I was thinking about the implementation of new TLDs for sometime now. Will
> the business of OpenSRS resellers who are domain resellers and OpenSRS be
> affected with the implementation of the new TLDs? Will .com, .net and .org
> still be as "popular"? And does anyone know whether ICANN-accredited
> registrars will be allowed to offer registration under the new TLDs under
> their current accreditation with ICANN?
>
> Sue
I strongly feel that the new gTLDs will be categorized into 2 main
categories :-
(a) Unsponsored, Unrestricted gTLDs (similar to .COM/.NET/.ORG)
These new gTLDS will be shared thru a common SRS via the
NSI Registry Registrar Protocol (RRP). The new gTLD registries
will have to develop an SRS based on the NSI RRP specs published by
the IETF is at :-
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2832.txt
Also, bear in mind the new gTLD registry will have to get into an
agreement with ICANN, similar to the NSI/ICANN Registry Agreement.
So, if Tucows wants .web, it will have to sign the Tucows/ICANN
Registry Agreement.
Some of the agreements signed by NSI, now published for informational
purposes is available at :-
http://www.icann.org/nsi/nsi-agreements.htm
(b) Sponsored, Restricted gTLDS (similar to the ccTLD concept)
This type of gTLD is different from (a) which I explained
above. This kind of gTLD is based on the ccTLD concept. By now, you
should be aware the 100% of the ccTLD are sponsored (by the country's
governments). Its also a single-registrar model, and not a shared,
multiple registrar model.
I am quite sure that most of the new gTLD registries, ie. IOD, Tucows,
etc will go for Unsponsored, Unrestricted gTLDs, however, they MAY have
to operate in a similar fasion to .com/.net/.org, ie. SRS, RRP.
Any comments?
I hope this helped.
