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[ga] dot CYM
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- Subject: [ga] dot CYM
- From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:52:59 -0800 (PST)
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[excerpt]
Wales on the web may become .cym
Adrian Browne -- BBC Wales political reporter
Campaigners say the domain will unite Welsh-speaking
communities Welsh websites could soon choose a .cym
address rather than .uk, if a campaign backed by
assembly members succeeds.
The assembly's house committee voted to support
efforts to get .cym accepted as a top-level domain
(TLD) name root on websites with a Welsh interest.
AMs believe use of .cym would enhance Welsh culture
and identity and also help "democratise" the internet.
Assembly Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas said:
"As well as Welsh-language sites, it could be used for
sites in another language which are also of Welsh
interest."
The dotCYM campaign claims to have support from people
in commerce, design, publishing and the legal sectors,
but needs to persuade the international body
responsible, ICANN, that there is widespread demand
for the right to use the suffix.
Lord Elis-Thomas added: "Since .cat has been
introduced as a TLD in Catalonia, there has been an
increase of 33% in the number of sites using Catalan,
so it would it seem that the adoption of .cym would be
an effective way of promoting the Welsh language and
Welsh identity."
"It would also be a part of the democratisation of the
web."
The dotCYM campaign believes that if it succeeds it
will create a way to unite Welsh-speaking communities
across Wales, the UK and the rest of the world.
Liberal Democrat AM Peter Black has endorsed the
campaign on his weblog, describing it as an
opportunity for Wales to assert its identity online.
He said: "It is also a chance for Welsh civic society
and the Welsh assembly itself to associate themselves
with the country as part of their internet presence."
"Catalonia has a TLD, so why not Wales?"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6151206.stm
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