.lat
Encyclopedia
.lat is a proposed Internet
generic
top-level domain
(gTLD) for Latin American communities and users wherever they may reside.
Recently NIC México
(Manager of the .mx
ccTLD) along with eCOM-LAC
(Federation of Latin-America and the Caribbean for the Internet and Electronic Commerce) were appointed official sponsors for this campaign. The full proposal was supposed to be presented to ICANN
during 2008 but the new gTLD process in ICANN has been delayed and now it is expected to be presented by mid 2011.
There were initial communications that presented the idea of this new top-level domain
as a regional one but further news detailed the community orientation of the proposal
The official gTLD name will be appointed by ICANN
if the proposal is approved. Other names that are being considered are .latin and .latino. Similar proposals have already been approved like the Asian gTLD (.asia
) and the European Union
's ccTLD (.eu
).
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
generic
Generic top-level domain
A generic top-level domain is one of the categories of top-level domains maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet....
top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
(gTLD) for Latin American communities and users wherever they may reside.
Recently NIC México
NIC México
NIC Mexico or NIC.MX is the non-profit organization in charge of the Registry for the Country Code Top Level Domain .MX...
(Manager of the .mx
.mx
.mx is the Internet country code top-level domain for Mexico, which recently has been re-opened to new registrations by NIC México. In 2009, The .mx ccTLD will be rolled out in 3 steps:...
ccTLD) along with eCOM-LAC
ECOM-LAC
The Latin America and Caribbean Federation for Internet and Electronic Commerce, was founded in March 1988 at a meeting held in Río de Janeiro.-Objective:...
(Federation of Latin-America and the Caribbean for the Internet and Electronic Commerce) were appointed official sponsors for this campaign. The full proposal was supposed to be presented to ICANN
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
during 2008 but the new gTLD process in ICANN has been delayed and now it is expected to be presented by mid 2011.
There were initial communications that presented the idea of this new top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
as a regional one but further news detailed the community orientation of the proposal
The official gTLD name will be appointed by ICANN
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
if the proposal is approved. Other names that are being considered are .latin and .latino. Similar proposals have already been approved like the Asian gTLD (.asia
.asia
.asia is a sponsored top-level domain sponsored by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry operated by Afilias. It was approved by ICANN on 19 October 2006 as a sponsored TLD...
) and the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
's ccTLD (.eu
.eu
.eu is the country code top-level domain for the European Union . Launched 7 December 2005, the domain is available for organisations in and residents of EU member states. The TLD is administered by EURid, a consortium consisting of the national ccTLD registry operators of Belgium, Sweden, Italy...
).