Re: [whatwg/url] Define hosts' public suffix and registrable domain. (#391)

mikewest commented on this pull request.



> @@ -272,6 +272,93 @@ for further processing.
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+<p>A <a for=/>host</a>'s <dfn for=host export id=concept-host-public-suffix>public suffix</dfn> is
+the portion of a <a for=/>host</a> which is controlled by a registrar, public or otherwise. To

> an example like appspot.com, that domain isn't controlled by a registrar.

Aren't we calling Google the registrar in this example? Or GitHub the registrar of`*.github.io`?

Is there a term I could use that would be more accurate (and less than a sentence long :) )?

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