.ไทย
.ไทย is the IDN ccTLD for Thailand. It is managed by the Thai Network Information Center Foundation. [1]
The domain "ไทย" is represented in ASCII-compatible encoding according to the 2003 IDNA specification as "xn--o3cw4h". The individual Unicode code points that comprise this string are U+0E44 U+0E17 U+0E22.
In Thai language, the string has a meaning equivalent to "Thai" in English, and is pronounced the same. The string is expressed using the Thai script.[2]
Delegation History[edit | edit source]
In January 2009, Thai ISPs, business leaders, and government participants held a public forum to discuss, "International Domain Naming System: Effects to the Thai People." The recommendations arising from this public forum led to the development of a project for identifying an appropriate string and the involvement of key community and government officials to pursue the IDN Fast Track process.
In December 2009, an application was made to the "IDN Fast Track" process to have the string “ไทย” recognised as representing Thailand.
On 22 March 2010, review by the IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel found that “the applied-for string and declared variants associated with the application from [Thailand] (a) present none of the threats to the stability or security of the DNS ... and (b) present an acceptably low risk of user confusion”. The request for the string to represent Thailand was subsequently approved.
On 19 April 2010, the Thai Network Information Center Foundation, the manager of Thailand's ASCII ccTLD, presented an application to ICANN for delegation of “ไทย” as a top- level domain, which was granted.[2]
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
For general rules and restrictions, refer to the page for .th.
Second-level Domains[edit | edit source]
- .ศึกษา.ไทย (equivalent to the English ".ac.th"): for educational institutions and educational service providers;
- .ธุรกิจ.ไทย (equivalent to the English ".co.th"): for commercial enterprises, businesses and trademarks;
- .รัฐบาล.ไทย (equivalent to the English ".go.th"): for government agencies;
- .องค์กร.ไทย (equivalent to the English ".or.th"): for non-profit corporations, charitable organizations, or organizations not falling under any specific category;
- .ทหาร.ไทย (equivalent to the English ".mi.th"): for military units;
- .เน็ต.ไทย (equivalent to the English ".net.th"): for network service providers.[3]
Characters[edit | edit source]
The length of a domain name, when converted to ASCII code, must be a minimum of 1 character and a maximum of 63 characters.
The following characters are allowed: Thai characters (consonants ก-ฮ, vowels, tones, Yomok "ๆ", Pindu "อฺ", Narikahit (อํ), Payal Noi (ฯ), Karant (_์), and Thai numberals ๐-๙), the hyphen "-" symbol, and the combination with Arabic numerals 0-9.[3]