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.bs

ccTLD
Type ccTLD
Status Active
Region LAC
Country
  • Bahamas
Implemented September 3, 1991
Registry University of The Bahamas
Websites

.bs is the country code top-level domain for The Bahamas. It is managed by the University of The Bahamas.[1]. The Bahamas Network Information Centre BSNIC is the .bs domain registry, and is responsible for the registration of Internet domain names under the .bs TLD.[2]

Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]

Physical presence in The Bahamas is not required.[2]

Second-level Domains[edit | edit source]

  • Certain three letter names are reserved, such as com.bs, org.bs, edu.bs, gov.bs, and all three letter country code names listed in ISO-3166.
  • All one-character domains (e.g. [a-z].bs) and two-character domains are reserved for possible future sub-domain usage.

"edu.bs" is reserved for Bahamian educational institutions and educational institutions with presence in The Bahamas and "gov.bs" is reserved for Bahamas Government ministries and agencies. The "gov.bs" name space is now managed by the Department of Information Technology at the Ministry of Finance.[3]

Third-level Domains[edit | edit source]

  • All one character domains (e.g. [a-z].xxx.bs) are reserved to cater for possible future sub-domain usage.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ IANA: Delegation Record for .BS
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 BSNIC: Main Page
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 [http://www.register.bs/rules.html BSNIC: Rules for the .BS Domain and Sub-Domains

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".

Latin America/Caribbean, according to the ICANN Geographic Regions (ICANN Geographic Regions).

Retrieved from "https://icannwiki.org/index.php?title=.bs&oldid=1365449"
Semantic properties for ".bs"
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Date implementedStores the date that an object was implemented, normalized to the "Month DD, YYYY" format.
September 3, 1991 +
Has ICANN regionAssociates an object with an ICANN-determined Geographic Region.
LAC +
Has TLD statusAssociates a Top-Level Domain with its IANA-derived status. Allowed values are: Proposed, Submitted, Delegated, Active, Retired, or Removed.
Active +
Has TLD typeAssociates a Top-Level Domain with its primary type (gTLD or ccTLD).
CcTLD +
Has countryAssociates a page with a country. Territory names are extracted from ISO 3166, "Country Codes".
Bahamas +
Has entity typeSpecifies the primary classification or fundamental type of the page's subject (e.g., Event, Organization, Person).
TLD +
Has registry operatorAssociates an object with a registry operator.
University of The Bahamas +