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'''CORE''' | '''CORE-MOU''' is the '''Internet Council of Registrars-Memorandum of Understanding''', consisting of terms and policies to be followed by each [[CORE]] member. When an applicant’s form is accepted for consideration by CORE, the applicant must read the CORE-MoU and affirm to follow its provisions.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/CORE_Membership_Application_Form.htm CORE membership application form]</ref> | ||
== General == | == General == | ||
'''Article 1''' consists of definitions of terms used in the MoU such as DNS, Registry, Registrar, gTLD, the CORE-gTLD, | '''Article 1''' consists of definitions of the terms used in the MoU, such as [[DNS]], [[Registry]], [[Registrar]], [[gTLD]], the CORE-gTLD, [[gTLD–MoU]], [[POC]], [[iPOC]], [[IAHC]] and so on. | ||
'''Article 2''' contains the principles, adopted from the gTLD | '''Article 2''' contains the principles, adopted from the gTLD-MoU, that need to be followed by each Registrar. They are as follows: | ||
* The TLD is a public resource and any evolution and or administration should be in the interest and service of the public. | * The TLD is a public resource and any evolution and/or administration should be in the interest and service of the public. | ||
* | * Public policies should represent the interests of current and future stakeholders of the internet namespace. | ||
* The registration services of gTLD | * The registration services of gTLD namespace should provide for global distribution of Registrars. | ||
* According to section 2(f) of gTLD-MoU, if the Second Level Domain (SLD) in any CORE-gTLD is identical to an alphanumeric string for which intellectual property rights exist shall be made available to only | * According to section 2(f) of the gTLD-MoU, if the Second Level Domain (SLD) in any CORE-gTLD is identical to an alphanumeric string for which intellectual property rights exist, it shall be made available to only the rights-holder or to the one authority assigned by the rights-holder. | ||
'''Article 3''' speaks about the gTLDs and CORE-gTLDs | '''Article 3''' speaks about the gTLDs and CORE-gTLDs | ||
* | * CORE gTLDs will be the first gTLDs created by iPOC as per Section 9(a) of the gTLD-MoU, and thereafter be an additional gTLD as per Section 9(b) of gTLD-MoU. | ||
* “.com”, “.org” and “.net” gTLDs shall not be subject to provisions of the CORE-MoU and | * “.com”, “.org” and “.net” gTLDs shall not be subject to the provisions of the CORE-MoU, and Registrars who administers those gTLDs shall not be considered gTLD Registrars for the purposes of CORE-MoU. | ||
* | * Two character [[TLD]] namespace shall not be subject to the provisions of the CORE-MoU.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/COREMoU.htm corenic.org]General</ref> | ||
== Selection of Registrars == | == Selection of Registrars == |