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1 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 ) 69th IFLA General Conference, Berlin, 1-9 August 2003

2 A unique identifier on the Internet for the global museum community
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3 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 )

4 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 a museum is ? MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST )

5 Joined by .library and .archive?
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6 The story of the dot A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
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7 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 )

8 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 )

9 . library (or .biblio) . archive
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10 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 )

11 http://musenic. museum/ Cary Karp <ck@nic
Cary Karp Kate Parson MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST )

12 http://about. museum/events/ifla2003/slides. ppt http://about
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