Who are the initiators of .ASIA initiative? How did it get started?
The beginnings of the .ASIA initiative can be attributed back to the discussions started in 2000 around the interest to establish a regional TLD “.AP” (http://www.wwtld.org/meetings/cctld/20001022.ccTLD-APTLD.html). It was quickly identified that there are many regional organizations in the Pan-Asia and Asia-Pacific region, yet unlike in Europe, there is no pan-governmental organization like the EU, and such is unlikely to be formed in a meaningful horizon. Furthermore, the code “AP”, although not used at the moment, is a reserved code for “African Regional Industrial Property Organization” based on ISO3166, and ICANN views 2-character TLD’s to be reserved for ccTLD’s. Discussions and interests of an Asia focused TLD registry continued intermittently during informal discussions within the community. In fact, additional attempts were put forward by different organizations and individuals, including an initiative from Korea and another to re purpose the “.AS” TLD as a regional domain. In
The beginnings of the .ASIA initiative can be attributed back to the discussions started in 2000 around the interest to establish a regional TLD “.AP” (http://www.wwtld.org/meetings/cctld/20001022.ccTLD-APTLD.html). It was quickly identified that there are many regional organisations in the Pan-Asia and Asia-Pacific region, yet unlike in Europe, there is no pan-governmental organisation like the EU, and such is unlikely to be formed in a meaningful horizon. Furthermore, the code “AP”, although not used at the moment, is a reserved code for “African Regional Industrial Property Organization” based on ISO3166, and ICANN views 2-character TLDs to be reserved for ccTLDs. Discussions and interests of an Asia focused TLD registry continued intermittently during informal discussions within the community. In fact, additional attempts were put forward by different organisations and individuals, including an initiative from Korea and another to repurpose the “.AS” TLD as a regional domain. In la
