[governance] DOT EDU EXTENSION
Ken Stubbs
kstubbs at afilias.info
Fri Mar 21 13:26:52 EDT 2014
I believe Roland & others are mistaken here.
To the best of my knowledge this string was not reserved by the US for
exclusive use by themselves but
is overseen by Educause (see www.educause.edu). a group of over 1,800
colleges and universities collaborating
on common higher education IT challenges—sharing the mission of
transforming higher education through the use of information technology.
Here is a clip from their website
EDUCAUSE actively engages with U.S. and international colleges and
universities, corporations, foundations, government, and other nonprofit
associations to further the mission of transforming higher education
through the use of information technology. While we are an association
predominantly based in the United States, we recognize that "uncommon
thinking for the common good" can emerge anywhere in the world. Our
strategic direction is to serve as a leader for the profession,
convening the community on significant technology issues facing member
institutions and higher education overall.
EDUCAUSE is proud to count over 260 non-U.S. institutions and 30
associations and corporations based outside the United States among its
members. We are equally proud that their participation extends to the
leadership of the EDUCAUSE community, including representation on the
EDUCAUSE Board of Directors.
Mike roberts can probably give you some history on .EDU. as he was involved
for sometime with the organization
Ken Stubbs
On 3/21/2014 12:28 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva wrote:
> Kwasi, you can also go for university.ac.countryname depending on the
> location of your country like ac.uk <http://ac.uk> for
> www.oxford.ac.uk <http://www.oxford.ac.uk> (United Kingdom), or.ac.ke
> <http://ac.ke> like uonbi.ac.ke <http://uonbi.ac.ke> _(_Kenya)
>
> One question Internet Evangelists have been asking and Roland has
> raised it is why US reserved .edu and .mil exclusively for themselves.
> The opening up of the root to allow new GTLDs should answer that
> question. We now have the chance to localise our TLD experiences. For
> example, in large parts of East Africa, we speak Swahili which is the
> official lingua franca. It is therefore logical that for our
> universities, we should register a TLD .chuo. Chuo is the Swahili name
> for University. Why would we want .edu while we can register .chuo?
>
> So instead of .mil, our region would go for .jeshi (Swahili for Army)
>
>
> Regards
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh <http://twitter.com/lordmwesh>
>
>
>
> On 20 March 2014 16:26, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
> <mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Kwasi,
>
> As you would have seen from the flurry of emails following your
> post, .edu is reserved for American accredited educational
> institutions. All other countries, usually have something like:-
>
> InsertName.edu.au <http://InsertName.edu.au> or InsertName.edu.ccTLD
>
> For end users, the shorter the domain the easier it is to
> remember, hence preference for .edu
> However, there are also merits in having a .edu.ccTLD or
> .edu.africa for instance as it helps users distinguish location.
>
> Just as .gov is reserved for the US and its territories whilst
> other countries have .gov.fj <http://gov.fj> or .gov.ccTLD. Noting
> that some countries use .gouv.ccTLD
>
> Some of these things developed because of precedent and as a
> consequence of innovation in the TLD space starting in the US etc.
>
> Best Regards,
> Sala
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Katim S. Touray
> <kstouray at gmail.com <mailto:kstouray at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Kwasi,
>
> Here you go: https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/
>
> Katim
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong
> <kboakye at gmail.com <mailto:kboakye at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello folks,
>
> I'd appreciate any advice and/ assistance.
>
> I'm trying to register a domain name with a .edu extension
> but it appears that .edu extensions are not available.
>
> Could someone advise how I could get a domain name with a
> .edu extension registered?
>
> Regards,
> Kwasi
>
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