.bar
| Status: | Delegated |
| Date Implemented: | 27 February 2014 |
| Type: | Geographical TLD |
| Category: | Culture |
| Priority #: | 230 - Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable |
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.bar is a delegated TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.[1] This string, applied for by two applicants as a generic application, was deemed a Geographic TLD by ICANN's Geographic Names Panel, referring to a commune in Montenegro. Geo TLDs must have government support in order to pass evaluation and proceed towards delegation.[2] The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on 27 February 2014.[3]
Current Applicants[edit | edit source]
- Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable, applied for the string as geographical TLD for the city of Barcelona. They have contracted CentralNic as their technical provider.
Previous Applicants[edit | edit source]
- Demand Media (United TLD|United TLD Holdco Ltd.), this one of the 26 gTLDs applied for by the company. [4] The application was withdrawn in July 2013.[5]
Public Comment Objection[edit | edit source]
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD in the public comment forum.[6] The comment forum does not require payment for a comment or objection, thus it did not require the ICDR or the ICC to determine an outcome. The comment was taken into consideration by the Initial Evaluation panels.
Contract Signed[edit | edit source]
On 12 December 2013 Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .bar after passing all the required processes needed to become a Registry Operator for the string.[7]
Delegation and Availability[edit | edit source]
.bar was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on 27 February, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings
- ↑ Told You So Four New gTLDs Given Geographic Surprise others Given a Pass, DomainIncite.com Retrieved 7 Mar 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Delegated Strings, ICANN.org Retrieved 5 March 2014
- ↑ United TLD
- ↑ Demand Media Withdraws Bar Application, DomainIncite.comPublished 8 July 2013, Retrieved 10 July 2013
- ↑ Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains, slate.com
- ↑ Ten More New gTLDs Get ICANN Contracts, DomainIncite Retrieved 13 Dec 2013