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The Basics
last modified March 16 by tomlowenhaupt
As the Internet becomes central to civic, commercial, community, and cultural life, those with the best tools and understanding of its capabilities will thrive. Our mission is to prepare the city for the networked future. To do so, we will use the .nyc TLD (like .com and .gov but just for NYC) to educate and empower New York City's residents and organizations to better connect with one another and the world. The opportunity to acquire the .nyc TLD is expected arise in 2011. Connecting.nyc Inc, a NYS not-for-profit, created this wiki to engage the public in imagining how to best plan and develop .nyc as the infrastructure for our increasingly digital age.
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(Commons photo courtesy of bip.)
Everyone asks, "When can I get a .nyc domain name?" Best estimate: ICANN delegates .nyc to Connecting.nyc Inc. in early 2011 with the first .nyc domain name used in mid-2011.
But see the Acquisition Timeline for more details on this and ways you can help move .nyc forward.
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What is a TLD?
A top level domain (or TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name. For example, in www.website.com, the TLD is .com. Other popular TLDs are .org, .edu, .de, .uk, and .gov.
The Civics Project
In 2008 we set aside civic spaces and identified digital tools to facilitate civic communication. And perhaps most importantly, we began planningn curriculum for the new civic processes that will be enabled by the arrival of the .nyc TLD. See The Civics Project.
To be the master of its future, New York City needs to establish and control its own space on the Internet. Connecting.nyc Inc., is leading the way toward a city-friendly Internet, where a carefully planned and managed .nyc TLD will make it easier for both residents and visitors to locate city resources within a safe environment.
Our Advantages of the .nyc TLD page details the benefits the .nyc TLD will bring. Here is a sample:
Economic Development - Good domain names (short, descriptive, and memorable) will be available to entrepreneurs and small businesses, especially the young and those from immigrant communities. The .nyc TLD says "Made in New York City" and provides billions of New York City mindshare ads and improves our position in the Anholt City Brands Index.
Tourism / Marketing - The city can better market itself globally as a tourist destination and business center by setting aside and overseeing portals like hotels.nyc.
More Livable City - Daily life in the city will improve as we begin to use the Internet to organize the city's resources. For example, when searching for a school, begin at schools.nyc.
Community: Identity, Trust, Justice, and Civic Pride - Residents and businesses can more easily locate and network with one another within a zoned .nyc top level domain. Civic awareness, community pride, self empowerment, and prosperity will follow.
Internet Access & Training - Funds raised through name sales and other revenue opportunities will be used to provide Internet access, technical training, and educate New Yorkers about opportunities that arise from a networked world.
Key Pages
Each of the 100+ pages on this wiki invites user contributions and is linked to one of the following key pages. (To edit wiki pages you must join the project.)
- The TLD Acquisition Campaign - The .nyc TLD's development as a public interest resource requires that New Yorkers view it as infrastructure and that we convince city officials and ICANN that it serves all our interest if so developed.
- Mission & Objectives - Why we exist and what we hope to accomplish.
- The Operating Environment - Issuing names, operating the registry, maintaining a directory, and creating a safe communications environment that benefits all New Yorkers is our key mission.
- Domain Name Allocation Plan - Help decide which domain names will be set aside for public use, for operational purposes, for auction, or distributed on a first come first served basis.
- The Development Environment - Here we will explore personal, family, civic, community, and business networking applications that might help create a more livable city. Should security and privacy be our highest development priority? Where should education, training, and access be on our priority list? Help decide.
- Governance - Like the air, water, streets, and schools the .nyc TLD is a commons that will best serve city residents when an informed public is fully engaged in its governance. See our plans, our board, and our founder's statement.
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about the .nyc TLD.
- Towards City-TLDs in the Public Interest - A White Paper (or download it here) - A primer about the impact TLDs have had on cities and the special advantages that will arise with their operation in the public interest.
- Connecting.nyc Inc.'s Home Page
- Our Blog
These Pages Need Your Thoughts Community: Identity, Trust, Justice, and Civic Pride and Sustainable .nyc
This wiki is a collaborative effort licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Connecting.nyc Inc. gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Open Planning Project in providing this wiki and blog.
If you are interested in using a wiki for your community project, contact TOPP using the below links.