MUSENIC Visibility and Verifiability on the Internet: Top-Level Domains for Memory Institutions Speaker: Dr. Cary Karp Museum Domain Management Association Project Manager, MUSENIC Project MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) 69th IFLA General Conference, Berlin, 1-9 August 2003 http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

A unique identifier on the Internet for the global museum community MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

The pilot initiative in establishing an explicitly labelled niche for cultural and scientific heritage in the Domain Name System MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

Q – What are we really talking about Q – What are we really talking about? A – Restricted top-level name spaces on the Internet as platforms for clearly bounded communities http://something.museum/is a museum http://something.net/ is ? MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

Joined by .library and .archive? MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

The story of the dot A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

What are the benefits of a dedicated name space. enhanced visibility What are the benefits of a dedicated name space? . enhanced visibility . verifiable provenance . professional authenticity . contextual framework for global community . future possibilities... MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Request for Proposals for a second round of new sponsored TLDs currently in preparation MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

. library (or .biblio) . archive MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

Community initiative must be channeled through organisations such as IFLA, ICOM and the ICA. Formal sponsorship for a TLD can only be delegated to an organisation that is truly and globally representative of its target community. MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

http://musenic. museum/ Cary Karp <ck@nic http://musenic.museum/ Cary Karp <ck@nic.museum> Kate Parson <kate.parson@nic.museum> MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum

http://about. museum/events/ifla2003/slides. ppt http://about http://about.museum/events/ifla2003/slides.ppt http://about.museum/ifla2003/poster.pdf info@about.museum MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museum http://about.museum