- From: Rice, Ed (ProCurve) <ed.rice@hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 09:09:18 -0700
- To: <www-tag@w3.org>
- Cc: "Chris Lilley" <chris@w3.org>, "Daniel Dardailler" <danield@w3.org>, "Thomas Roessler" <tlr@w3.org>
I would agree this isn't a great implementation. I don't mind the idea however. My biggest concern is that .com, .net, .mobi etc.. All pretty much act in a consistent manor. Having a .tel acting differently seems to break the model pretty badly. Maybe a URI scheme would be more appropriate? Tel:\\en.us.Hertz.com -----Original Message----- From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Dan Connolly Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:18 PM To: www-tag@w3.org Cc: Chris Lilley; Daniel Dardailler; Thomas Roessler Subject: dot tel - a new TLD [[ The idea here is to use a Web address that ends in .tel as one would use a telephone number. Steering a Web browser towards www.hertz.tel, for example, would activate an Internet phone call to someone at Hertz. ]] -- A Web Address for a Phone Number? Do .Tel By Ben Charny May 15, 2006 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1962924,00.asp Sigh... why not tel.hertz.com? I think the TAG was pretty clear on this before... [[ Introducing new TLDs has two effects. The first effect is a little like printing more money. The value of one's original registration drops. At the same time, the cost of protecting one's brand goes up (from the cost of three domains to four, five, ...). The value of each domain name such as example.com also drops because of brand dilution and public confusion. ]] http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/TLD <- http://www.w3.org/2004/05/14-tag-summary#tld2 I wonder if we missed a public comment period. The list of comment forums includes both .mobi and .tel http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/stld-public-comments.htm I think we commentedon .mobi on the record, but I can't find it in their archive. Odd. I'm having trouble finding out exactly what decision the 15 May news item is reporting on. Thomas, Daniel, do you know? -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
Received on Friday, 19 May 2006 16:09:42 UTC