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===ccTLD Registries and Registrars===

===ccTLD Registries and Registrars===

[[ccTLD]]s in countries like Iran, Morocco, and Tunisia publicly publish their registration data, yet many of their statistics have only figures on the day consulted and lack historic or [[IDN]] data. Other registries in the region do not publish any statistics. Therefore, the MEAC DNS Study team, which has been working more than fifteen years on a long-term project called the [[EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalised Domain Names]], reached out directly to its contacts -- the region's ccTLD registries -- for data. Therefore, all ccTLD registration data in the MEAC DNS Study, including IDN data, either results from direct registry contact between June and September 2015, or from publicly available information from registry websites.<ref name="study"></ref>

[[ccTLD]]s in countries like Iran, Morocco, and Tunisia publicly publish their registration data, yet many of their statistics have only figures on the day consulted and lack historic or [[IDN]] data. Other registries in the region do not publish any statistics. Therefore, the MEAC DNS Study team, used existing resources and contacts from their ten-plus years of work in the [[ccTLD]] and [[IDN]] space. This included a long-term project called the [[EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalised Domain Names]], as well as work with organizations like [[CENTR]], [[LACTLD]] and [[APTLD]]. Therefore, the MEAC DNS Study benefit from these contacts; all ccTLD registration data in the study, including IDN data, either results from direct registry contact between June and September 2015, or from publicly available information from registry websites.<ref name="study"></ref>

===gTLD Open Zone Files===

===gTLD Open Zone Files===