.gm
| Status: | Active |
| country: | Gambia |
| Manager: | GM-NIC |
| Registry Provider: | GM-NIC |
| Date Implemented: | 1997 |
| Type: | ccTLD |
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.gm is the ccTLD for the Gambia. It is managed by GM-NIC.[1]
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
An entity (person, organisation or company) residing in, providing information or services for or about The Gambia, or otherwise benefiting the local Internet community of The Gambia may register domain names.
An organisation needing to protect their name may register a term if it is clearly and unambiguously identifying the registrant organisation. The validity of the connection is checked by the .gm ccTLD administration. When in doubt the given administrative contact / domain owner will be consulted to ascertain the connection between the applicant and the domain name.
The registration of domain names that is not intended to be active will not be registered as speculation in future needs for domain names is considered detrimental to the Internet community.
Domains of terms that are offensive to the local culture in any of the languages used in The Gambia will be declined.
Common Gambian personal names (first or last) will generally not be accepted.[2]
Second and Third-Level Domain Names[edit | edit source]
The Gambia NIC registers second level domains under the GM domain. There is no provision for 3rd level domain registration and so most Internet addresses under .gm ccTLD have the format "http//server.domain.gm".
Domain owners with their own domain name servers can create subdomains under their registered domain(s) using their own name servers.
A number of domains, including but not limited to "com", "edu", "gov", "mil", "org", "co" , "ac" etc. will currently not be granted to avoid confusion with ccTLD practices that register third level domains.[2]
Characters[edit | edit source]
- A domain name can contain letters (a to z) and the hyphen (-). There is no distinction between upper or lower case characters.
- A second-level domain may be up to 50 characters long.
- 1-letter domains will not be delegated.
- Domains containing only numbers will not be delegated.
- 2-letter domains will only be delegated in special cases where an organisation has an internationally accepted 2-letter abbreviation).
- Domains starting with a number will only be delegated in special cases under the name protection clause.[2]