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* [[.med]], there are 4 applications for [[.med]], two of them being [[community TLD|community priority applications. The two community applicants are [[DocCheck AG]] and [[HEXAP SAS]].
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[[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.<ref>[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DocCheck DocCheck, De.Wikipedia.org]</ref>
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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>
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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>
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