.հայ
| Status: | Active |
| Country: | Armenia |
| Introduced: | November 26, 2014 |
| Language: | Armenian |
| Translates to: | hye |
| Manager: | "Internet Society" Non-governmental Organization |
| Registry Provider: | AM NIC ("Internet Society" Non-governmental Organization) |
| Type: | ccTLD |
| Punycode: | xn--y9a3aq |
| Website: | amnic.net |
| Key people: | * Igor Mkrtumyan, Administrative Contact
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.հայ is the IDN ccTLD for Armenia. It is managed by "Internet Society" Non-governmental Organization.[1] The official registry is AM NIC.[2]
The domain .հայ is represented in ASCII-compatible encoding according to the IDNA specification as "xn--y9a3aq". The individual Unicode code points that comprise this string are U+0570 U+0561 U+0575.
The string is expressed using the Armenian script, and has a transliteration equivalent to to "hye" in the Latin script.[3]
Delegation History[edit | edit source]
In August 2013, the Internet Society of Armenia informed its members that the Council of the Internet Society of Armenia made a decision to apply to ICANN for the IDN ccTLD string for Armenia and invited its members to submit comments and views on the matter.
In September 2013 the Internet Society of Armenia, manager of Armenia's ASCII ccTLD, .am, published a report on the decision to initiate the application process for the .հայ IDN ccTLD.
On April 1, 2014, the Internet Society of Armenia applied for the string .հայ through the IDN ccTLD Fast Track process to represent Armenia in Armenian script. On November 20, 2014, review by the IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel found that "the applied-for string ... presents none of the threats to the stability or security of the DNS identified in [the IDN Fast Track implementation plan] ... and presents an acceptably low risk of user confusion". The request for the string to represent Armenia was subsequently approved. In December 2014, the Internet Society of Armenia commenced a request to ICANN for the delegation of the .հայ top-level domain.[3]
The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on May 7, 2015.[4]
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
To check general rules and restrictions for .հայ, see the article for the .am ccTLD.
Second-level Domains[edit | edit source]
The ".համայնք.հայ" second-level domain is available for registration.
Characters[edit | edit source]
The permitted symbols to be used in a .հայ domain name are:
- "ւ" symbol of Armenian Unicode script;
- Armenian scriptsmall letters of Armenian Unicode script, except "եւ", "ու" letters (ա, բ, գ, դ, ե, զ, է, ը, թ, ժ, ի, լ, խ, ծ, կ, հ, ձ, ղ, ճ, մ, յ, ն, շ, ո, չ, պ, ջ, ռ, ս, վ, տ, ր, ց, փ, ք, օ, ֆ): Instead of "եւ" letter it is recommended to use "ե" letter and "ւ" symbol and instead of "ու" letter it is recommended to use "ո" letter and "ւ" symbol;
- 0-9 digits; and
- dash "–".
The number of symbols converted into "Punycode" converter as mentioned in https://www.punycoder.com web site must not exceed 63 in the domain name label..[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ IANA: Delegation Record for .ՀԱՅ
- ↑ AM NIC Home Page
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 IANA: Report on the Delegation of the .հայ (“hye”) domain representing Armenia in Armenian script to Internet Society of Armenia
- ↑ ICANN: Delegated String Retrieved 08 May 2015
- ↑ AM NIC: POLICY OF DOMAIN NAMES REGISTRATION IN ".AM" AND ".ՀԱՅ" DOMAIN ZONES