.cat

. sponsored cat is a generic top -level domain ( sTLD ), which was introduced on 19 December 2005 and is managed by the Fundació puntCAT. Its purpose is to promote the Catalan language and culture. The. Cat domain is language - and culture- specific, but not limited geographically.

Before the introduction of. Cat, efforts were made Catalonia a ccTLD. Introduce ct. Because Catalonia is not included in the ISO -3166 -1 list of countries and Spain feared for its territorial integrity, this proposal has not been successful. As a substitute the language and culture-specific. Cat domain has been introduced.

Registration

The Sunrise period from 13 February to 21 April 2006 was followed by the release for general registration on 23 April 2006. Since any natural or legal person may register a. Cat domain unless

  • Previously content was published online in Catalan.
  • Designated access to a specific, partly as ENS, code exists.
  • Efforts ( in any language ) are being made to promote the Catalan language and culture.
  • An institution or three individuals who are already using a. cat domain, the award in favor.

By September 2007, 61,000 addresses were about 24,000. Cat- domains registered in February 2013. Cat is compared to other country-specific extensions. Rather insignificant.

Motivation and criticism

Catalan is spoken in parts of Spain, Italy, southern France and Andorra, Catalan why websites were previously divided among different domains. In order to promote cultural and linguistic unity, has been proposed by advocates to introduce a language-specific transnational domain for Catalan. Cat was with implementing this proposal. To the first language-specific top-level domain.

Critics. Cat so contrary to RFC 1591, which does not provide language-specific TLDs. Other language-specific TLDs such as. Bzh. Cym. Gal and. Sco have been proposed, but not approved. In addition, experts fear through the use of. Internationally cat arises the impression that Catalonia is a separate country. Even a strengthening of nationalism by the top-level domain was up for debate.

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