1. Chinese Domain Name
Registration Policy
TWNIC
02/27/2001

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 1st Stage Status 01/15/2001 Result of first-priority(5579)
pre-app.(11073)
02/15/2001 about 7000 DN finish
payment procedure

7. General Chinese Domain Name Registration Policy
2nd Stage (provide service on 02/16/2001)
First come,first serve
Certification is not required,confirmation
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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. The List of TWNIC-accredited Registrars
TWNIC-accredited 6 registrars on 10/17/2000
TISNet technology inc.(TISNET )
Asia pacific online service inc.(APOL)
Chunghwa telecom CO. Ltd (HiNet)
Net-Chinese co. Ltd
PC home online co. Ltd (PC home)
Digital united inc.(SeedNet)

14. Registry/Registrar interaction
TWNIC
API
SSL
evaluation
agreement
Instant update of information
Follow related policies
information kept on file
Registrar