1. 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 Visibility and Verifiability on the Internet: Top-Level Domains for Memory Institutions http://musenic.museumhttp://about.museum MUSENIC

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

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

4. MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) 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 ? http://something.museum/ http://something.net/ http://musenic.museumhttp://about.museum

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

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

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

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

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

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-2001-33538) http://musenic.museumhttp://about.museum

11. http://musenic.museum/ http://musenic.museum/ Cary Karp Kate Parson MUSENIC – The Museum Network Information Centre – Europe (IST-2001-33538) http://musenic.museumhttp://about.museum

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