- From: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:46:06 -0400
- To: muguet@ensta.fr
- Cc: semantic-web at W3C <semantic-web@w3c.org>
> We enforce trust in creating gTLDs whereby by contract, people > agree to obey certain rules. If they don't, they are kicked off the > SWgTLDs without having the right to complain and or to sue. > Nobody force them to be in a SWgTLD, it is a voluntary choice, > and no physical property is destroyed or people hurt. > In fact, since a site can be accessed through several domain names > ( very easy with Vhosts ), it might be even required that > an entity that applies for a SWgTLD, should have also a > traditionnal gTLD to refer the same site, in order to not bear the=20 > responsibility to make a site unaccessible to all. Would this be any different, functionally, from having a whitelist? Someone could run an organization, "The Semantic Web Site Certification Authority" or some such, and the organization would provide (on a website, of course) a list of all certified URLs. I guess the difference is in branding and momentum -- if you can get a gTLD that would focus attention on the organization, and focus is important for an effort like this. I suggest that if you want to proceed with this plan, you start off with the whitelist approach, and once you have a proven track record, then perhaps you apply for a gTLD. (I'm not endorsing or not-endorsing the gTLD approach, just suggesting an easier way to take some initial steps that don't require convincing the community of anything.) -- sandro
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