Re: LYNX-DEV Need to know COUNTRY of links:

[Robert Bonomi]

+ Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 17:18:22 +0400 (GMT-4)
+ From: Duncan Hill <address@hidden>
+ To: "Christopher R. Maden" <address@hidden>
+ Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Need to know COUNTRY of links:
+ 
+ On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Christopher R. Maden wrote:
+ 
+ > .fr = France
+ > .au = Australia
+ > .com,.gov,.net,.org,.edu,.mil,.us = U.S.A., usually
+ 
+ Umm..not quite with that last line.  Off of the top of my head:
+ sunbeach.net, banksbeer.com, towner-group.com, zynet.net, caribank.org,
+ caribnet.net, caribsurf.com..to name a few :>
+ 
+ I will agree that .edu, .mil and .gov are usually the us, and I think .us
+ is a little obvious :>

disproof by counterexample:  toronto.edu

.mil is administered by the U.S. DOD, and they are -not- known for granting
names to sites outside of their purview.   <grin>

.edu is _supposedly_ restricted to bona-fide educational institutions, though
there are some exceptions that have 'slipped through the cracks'.  There is
-no- requirement that they be U.S. based, or even North American.  There (at
least _used_ to be) were several U.K. institutions that had .edu addresses,
*in*addition* to their name-space in the "uk.*' hierarchy.

.gov is -now- restricted to agencies of the U.S. _federal_ government,
however there are a number of state/local authorities with 'grandfathered'
presense in that domain.

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