Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Agreements
Proposed TLD Sponsorship Agreement: Attachment 8 (.museum)
Start-Up Plan This Attachment specifies the start-up plan for the .museum Sponsored TLD. Phase 0: Naming Convention Development and Demonstration Period This period began on 30 June 2001. The Sponsor, MuseDoma, will use reasonable commercial efforts to complete it by a date no later than three months after the Effective Date. (Note: In this attachment, the notation "ED + n" refers to a period after the Effective Date, where n is a time period in days or months.) In any event it will conclude no later than ED + 5 months. The Naming Convention Development and Demonstration Period is intended to allow the Sponsor, working with the participation of the Sponsored TLD Community, to develop and demonstrate the initial naming conventions for the Sponsored TLD. Names inserted into the .museum zone during the Naming Convention Development and Demonstration Period will be strictly under MuseDoma's control (except as inclusion or exclusion of names may be required by ICANN under the TLD Sponsorship Agreement) and will not be registered to third parties. For demonstration purposes, however, names included in museums' expressions of interest may be deployed in the .museum zone. Inclusion of these names is strictly for demonstration purposes, and the names may be removed at any time with or without notice because of changes in the naming conventions or for other reasons. The procedures followed during the Naming Convention Development and Demonstration Period are: Phase 0.1: Familiarization/consultation period (30 June 2001 to ED + 14 days):
Phase 0.2: NC1 preparation period (from ED + 14 to ED + 28 days):
Phase 0.3: NC1 demonstration period (beginning ED + 28 days for at least 28 days):
Phase 0.4: NC2 demonstration period:
Also during Phase 0, the following activities will occur:
Phase 1: Start-Up Registration Period The Start-Up Registration Period (Phase 1) will begin at the conclusion of the Naming Convention Development and Demonstration Period (Phase 0) and will last for approximately four months. During the Start-Up Registration Period, registration activities will be conducted by the Registry Operator through the authorized ICANN-Accredited Registrars. The Registry Operator will provide Registry Services (including nameservice but not including ENS Services) for the .museum TLD in compliance with functional and performance requirements beginning at the commencement of Phase 1. Whois service (Subsection 3.11) and zone-file access (Subsection 3.10) will begin no later than the commencement of Phase 1. Data escrow (Subsection 3.12) will begin no later than thirty days after commencement of Phase 1. Only registrations that are in strict conformity with the naming conventions and related policy requirements that are posted on the MuseDoma web site at the conclusion of Phase 0 will be accepted in Phase 1. Registration agreements (Subsection 3.7) must be in place for all Registered Names during Phase 1 and thereafter (other than Registered Names not sponsored by ICANN-Accredited Registrars under Subsection 3.9). During Phase 1, fees for Registry Services will be paid by registrars to the Registry Operator. During Phase 1, MuseDoma will continue to provide ENS Services. It may charge for providing ENS Services during Phase 1 consistent with Attachment 2. Also during Phase 1, MuseDoma will entertain applications by additional ICANN-Accredited Registrars to be selected to provide registrar services for .museum for Phase 2, with the goal of having at least ten approved ICANN-Accredited Registrars at all times during Phase 2. MuseDoma will give ICANN thirty days written notice of the conclusion of Phase 1. Phase 2 will commence at the conclusion of Phase 1 and shall continue for the remainder of the Term of the Agreement. During Phase 2, registration activities will be conducted by the Registry Operator through the authorized ICANN-Accredited Registrars. The Registry Operator will provide Registry Services for the .museum TLD, other than ENS Services. In addition to offering registrations in strict conformity with the naming conventions and related policy requirements that are posted on the MuseDoma web site, in Phase 2 the .museum TLD may offer registration of domain names in strictly limited exception to the posted naming conventions. For all registrants, MuseDoma will provide ENS Services at the commencement of Phase 2. It may charge for providing ENS Services during Phase 2 consistent with Attachment 2. The processing of requests for exception from the naming conventions will be included in the ENS Services. Later in Phase 2, MuseDoma will consider, in consultation with the Sponsored TLD Community, whether the provision of ENS Services should be distributed on a broader collaborative basis among appropriate organizations selected by MuseDoma. MuseDoma's goal is to have at least ten approved ICANN-Accredited Registrars serving .museum at all times during Phase 2, and MuseDoma will use reasonable commercial efforts to maintain at least five ICANN-Accredited Registrars throughout Phase 2.
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