- From: Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:47:33 -0800
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, contact@publicsuffix.org
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, James Graham wrote: >> I think the algorithm for determining if a domain is in the public >> suffix list should be specified in detail somewhere, although I guess >> HTML 5 is likely not quite the right place since this may be used in >> non-HTML contexts. > > I agree that it would be nice if there was some text on publicsuffix.org > that gave some normative-like text I could hook into here. I'm not sure if such an algorithm exists. The list of registry-controlled domains is some social artifact that changes depending on decisions made by registrars in small island countries and provinces in Japan. Adam
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