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|priority = 483 - [[DocCheck AG]]<br>1614 - [[Second Generation Ltd.]] (Medistry LLC)<br>1732 - [[HEXAP SAS]]<br>1867 - [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])
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Registration of a .med domain will require registration on DocCheck's exisiting .com site, where they have been verifying medical credentials for 10+ years and are consequently experienced in determining and classifying individuals in the medical profession.<ref>Application 1-1320-21500</ref>
Registration of a .med domain will require registration on DocCheck's exisiting .com site, where they have been verifying medical credentials for 10+ years and are consequently experienced in determining and classifying individuals in the medical profession.<ref>Application 1-1320-21500</ref>


The second community applicant, [[HEXAP SAS]], has significantly more endorsement letters attached to its application, including letters from The Mayo Clinic, Stanford, The World Dental Federation, The French Medical Order of Physicians, and other international and regional organizations. <ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1236 Application Details, gTLDResult.ICANN.org]</ref> "Registrants cannot be anonymous in that sense that they have to provide accurate and full-contact information to the Registry Operator, which information will be published in the .MED Whois. In order to register a domain name, the candidate registrant must certify that he or she is a health-care professional who is licensed to practice in the country where he purports to be working. Any such information will need to be reported to the Medical Clearinghouse, operated by HEXAP, and must be kept up-to-date at all times throughout the lifecycle of the domain name."<ref>Application 1-1192-28569</ref>
The second community applicant,
 
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Revision as of 22:51, 23 December 2012

Status: Proposed
country: International
Type: Generic
Category: Health
Priority #: 483 - DocCheck AG
1614 - Second Generation Ltd. (Medistry LLC)
1732 - HEXAP SAS
1867 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
More information:

.med is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Applicants[edit | edit source]

  1. DocCheck AG, Community Priority Application
  2. Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
  3. HEXAP SAS, Community Priority Application
  4. Medistry LLC[1]

Community Applications[edit | edit source]

Of the 4 applications for .med, two of them are [[community TLD|community priority applications. The two community applicants are DocCheck AG and HEXAP SAS.

DocCheck AG defines the community as falling into 6 groups: Medical, Scientific-Technical, Nursing/Assisting, Pharmacy, Collegiate, and Business/Publishing. DocChecl is known for its DocCheck.com site, which is the largest community of healthcare professionals in Europe. In its application it notes that there is no onde authoritative medical body that oversees the international medical community, but that its own service and 860,000 registered members make it a significant part of the international medical community. It is a German company.[2]

Registration of a .med domain will require registration on DocCheck's exisiting .com site, where they have been verifying medical credentials for 10+ years and are consequently experienced in determining and classifying individuals in the medical profession.[3]

The second community applicant,

  1. ↑ Med Status, ICANN.org
  2. ↑ DocCheck, De.Wikipedia.org
  3. ↑ Application 1-1320-21500
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