Chinese Domain Name
Registration Policy
TWNIC
02/27/2001
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Content
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Classification
Registration policy/2 stages
Reserved words&limitation of characters
Dispute resolution process
Remedies
Registrars
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Chinese Domain Name
Classification
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Specific Chinese Domain Name
---xxx.商業.台灣,xxx.商業.tw
---xxx.網路.台灣,xxx.網路.tw
---xxx.組織.台灣,xxx.組織.tw
General Chinese Domain Name
---xxx.台灣,xxx.tw
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General Chinese Domain Name
Registration Policy
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1st stage (11/13/2000~01/13/2001)
 Priority is given to Domain Name’s already in
our Database
 Pre-apply for individual Domain Name
 Applicants applying for the same Domain
Name,chosen randomly
 There is a 2 month window for application
 No cost for registration
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The current
General Chinese Domain name
01/15/2001
First priority&pre-app. Result of first
11/13/2000~01/13/2001
priority
02/06/2001
Result of
Pre-apply
2/16/2001
Provide
Service
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1st Stage Status
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01/15/2001 Result of
first-priority(5579)
02/06/2001 Result of
pre-app.(11073)
02/15/2001 about 7000 DN finish
payment procedure
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General Chinese Domain Name
Registration Policy
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2nd Stage (provide service on 02/16/2001)
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First come,first serve
Certification is not required,confirmation e-mail
Registration fee/annual fee is NT$225/NT$450
1 additional domain name(xxx.台灣)is included
with each general Chinese domain name(xxx.tw)
1 additional simplified Chinese domain name is
included with each traditional Chinese domain
name
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General Chinese Domain Name
Policy on Reserved Words
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11/08/2000 meeting of related organizations
concerning reserved word boundaries
Open discussion area on TWNIC web site
Reserved word conference on 12/05/2000
Reserved word’s scope was defined on
12/21/2000
Announce the Reserved word on TWNIC
web site
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General Chinese Domain name
Reserved Words
classification
organization
Sovereignty related
行政院
研考會
Administrative districts
Government organization
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419
10134
Educational Institution
MOE
TWNIC Reserved
TWNIC
Total
#no
4266
44
14915
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General Chinese Domain Name
The Limitation of Character
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The length of characters can not be
over 14 Chinese characters or 28 bytes
(alphanumeric, hyphen)
Chinese domain name can not consist
entirely alphanumeric symbols
Must comply with RFC-10355
Big5 based
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Dispute &Remedies policy
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Dispute Resolution policy
※Domain name disputes to be resolved by
providers
Registry may transfer or cancel DN
※90 day non-payment cancellation policy
※receipt of written notice from Registrant
※written dispute resolution either of
Providers or Court’s decision
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Establishment of
Registry/Registrar System
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Delegated 6 registrars on 10/17/2000
Began testing “registration service system”
on 10/21/2000
Service for the specific English/Chinese
domain name application process was
provided by the registrars on 12/04/2000
On line general Chinese domain name
registration service was provided by the
registrars on 02/16/2001
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The List of
TWNIC-accredited Registrars
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TWNIC-accredited 6 registrars on 10/17/2000
TISNet technology inc.(TISNET )
http://reg.tisnet.net.tw
Asia pacific online service inc.(APOL)
http://activity.apol.com.tw/dns/
Chunghwa telecom CO. Ltd (HiNet)
http://www.hinet.net
Net-Chinese co. Ltd
http://www.net-chinese.com.tw
PC home online co. Ltd (PC home)
http://myname.pchome.com.tw
Digital united inc.(SeedNet)
http://rs.seed.net.tw
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Registry/Registrar interaction
API
SSL
evaluation
TWNIC
agreement
Instant update of information
Follow related policies
information kept on file
Registrar
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