.scot is a GeoTLD for Scotland and Scottish culture, including the Gaelic and Scots languages.[2]
In 2008 dotCYMRU, dotEUS, dotSCOT and dotBZH formed ECLID[clarification needed]. Later it was decided to allow newly proposed top-level domains for introduction some time in 2013, and a list of applications for these was published in June 2012; the domain .scot was included.[3]
On 27 January 2014, dotScot Registry, a not-for-profit organization established in 2009, announced that it had agreed terms to operate the .scot domain name, with plans to get it up and running later in summer of 2014.[4]
On 15 July 2014, .scot was officially launched.[5] The first .scot domain name to go live was calico.scot, registered by hosting company Calico Internet Ltd.[5]
On 17 February 2015, the Scottish Government migrated its website from scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot.[6][7] Likewise, the Scottish Parliament moved from scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016,[8] to coincide with the 2016 elections.[9]
The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New GeoTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 July 2017.[10]
On 3 May 2018 the dotScot Registry lifted registration restrictions on locality domains (based on towns, etc.) and other premium names.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee, 6th Report, 2001, Report on the Inquiry into the Impact of the New Economy, Volume 2 : Evidence | Scotland". Scottish Parliament. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Net gains: Scottish domain name bid aims to boost national identity | Scotland". News. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Reveal Day 13 June 2012". Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Available for sale later this summer". .scots. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ a b "New internet domain .scot launches". BBC. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ Scottish Government (13 January 2012). "The Scottish Government - Home Page".
- ^ "ScottishGovernment - News - www.gov.scot". Scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Our website address is changing!". Facebook. Scottish Parliament. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "SPCB(2015) Paper 39: PARLIAMENT DOMAIN NAME" (PDF). Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ ".scot Registry Agreement". 23 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "DotScot Frenzy!". 3 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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