[governance] DOT EDU EXTENSION

Suresh Ramasubramanian suresh at hserus.net
Fri Mar 21 21:12:59 EDT 2014 

Indeed, it makes a lot of sense from an administrative (local support for the TLD) and cultural / language point of view for IDNs, and for non IDN TLDs to have local language words written in english script.

On that note, I am glad that the .africa controversy seems to be finally settled and the TLD is on its way to deployment.

--srs (iPad)

> On 22-Mar-2014, at 1:10, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
> 
> That is correct. At least there are three universities in Kenya, East
> Africa that use the .edu prefix, that is www.cuea.edu,
> www.strathmore.edu and www.usiu.edu
> 
> Imagine you are using non Latin/Roman script, would you still want to
> use .edu? That is why IDNs have been a big topic in resent Internet
> Governance campaigns.
> 
> Regards
> 
>> On 21/03/2014, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs at afilias.info> wrote:
>> 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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>>>            seldom generates action.* /-- *Frank Tibolt*
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