Chinese Domain Name Registration Policy TWNIC 02/27/2001

Content Classification Registration policy/2 stages Reserved words&limitation of characters Dispute resolution process Remedies Registrars

Chinese Domain Name Classification 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

General Chinese Domain Name Registration Policy 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

General Chinese Domain name The current General Chinese Domain name 2/16/2001 Provide Service 01/15/2001 Result of first priority 02/06/2001 Result of Pre-apply First priority&pre-app. 11/13/2000~01/13/2001

1st Stage Status 01/15/2001 Result of first-priority(5579) pre-app.(11073) 02/15/2001 about 7000 DN finish payment procedure

General Chinese Domain Name Registration Policy 2nd Stage (provide service on 02/16/2001) 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

General Chinese Domain Name Policy on Reserved Words 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

General Chinese Domain name Reserved Words classification organization #no Sovereignty related 行政院 研考會 52 Administrative districts 419 Government organization 10134 Educational Institution MOE 4266 TWNIC Reserved TWNIC 44 Total 14915

General Chinese Domain Name The Limitation of Character 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

Dispute &Remedies policy 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

Establishment of Registry/Registrar System 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

The List of TWNIC-accredited Registrars 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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