Council of Country Code Administrators
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| Industry: | Registrar |
| Headquarters: | Drumsite, Christmas Island |
| Country: | Australia |
| Website: | cocca.cx |
Council of Country Code Administrators, or CoCCA, is a non-profit organization and a forum engaged in the collaboration of ccTLD managers. Membership to this organization is free.[1] The Council of Country Code Administrators also happens to be an active Domain Roundtable participant.
Services[edit | edit source]
CoCCA is involved in the following activities:[2]
- Deployment support
- Harmonized development of policy
- Training and technical support provisions for ccTLD members
- CoCCA OpenReg development, registry software
- Additional value added and upgrade features as per the demands and needs of the ccTLDs.
CoCCA Open Registry[edit | edit source]
The CoCCA OpenReg works on multiple platforms that include Solaris, MacOCX, Windows and Linux. This is an open source based registry where the Registry-Registrar components are full featured as well as contain several other value added features. The open registry is also capable of personalized Whois and Automatic PDF invoicing.[3]
Features[edit | edit source]
The zone generator customizable Whois feature of the CoCCA OpenReg allows the public to access all the information concerning Whois. The open registry also offers the users a domain transfer feature, which allows full domain name transfer controlled by the registrant. Flexible customization applied to policies of registry and renewals are also some of the features of CoCCA OpenReg. It also enables automatic invoicing for bulk renewals as well as multiple annual renewals. The registration restriction feature is a key option, which controls use of offensive names and generic names such as names of places and famous personality names.[4]
Latest Additions[edit | edit source]
Since March 2011, the CoCCA Registry software was also updated with the extensions – CHIP (ClearingHouse for Intellectual Property) and Trademark (TM) EPP. The software is in use by the managers of more than 30 IDN and ASCII TLDs, with others transitioning to the service.[5] The CHIP technology has been implemented to safeguard the Internet rights of trademark owners effectively and efficiently. The CHIP validation trademark information will be made available through the historical abstracts and Whois registry.[6]
CoCCA and Expresso[edit | edit source]
The registry services platform, Expresso, is based upon CoCCA tools. It is one of the most widely used and deployed software all over the globe. Over 20 high-level domains and more than 150 registrars including the best the ICANN registrars have completely incorporated with this platform. CoCCA is related to ccTLDs and Expresso is related to gLTDs.[7]
Mind + Machines and CoCCA[edit | edit source]
Mind+Machines has entered into an official agreement with CoCCA. They will develop the software for gLTDs together. As CoCCA’s source code is not proprietary, it is open-source software. Code for gLTDs is improved by Minds+Machines, CoCCA will be looked after by us. We will update it so that it is usable for the others.[8]
Various business plans and other implementation schemes can be accommodated with the help of the upcoming combination of CoCCA and Expresso. Different languages such as English, French, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic can be chosen by TLD operators. The fundamental code is in Java. For resolution, WhoIs information and registration, it adheres to the engineering stipulation. It can be used with IDNs or International Domain names as well. it also supports DNSSEC and IPv6.[9]
Registry operations become easier with the help of CoCCA. Expresso enhances the product’s features and has been targeted for gTLDs. It has a built in Customer Relations Management and reporting feature. Expresso is anticipated to go beyond any of the ICANN necessities for new gTLDs.
CoCCA Registry ccTLDs users[edit | edit source]
- Christmas Island (.cx)
- Afghanistan (.af)
- Dominica (.dm)
- Timor-Leste (.tl)
- Legacy (.TP)
- Mauritius (.mu)
- Norfolk Island (.nf)
- South Georgia (.gs)
- Namibia (.na)
- Mangolia (.mn) (Use under discussion)
The members at CoCCA aim and work towards developing administrative policies, technologies and models through consensus in order to bring improvement in the technical stability, interoperability, utility and technical stability of the ccTLDs members with DNS.[10]