Policy of .zho

             REGISTRATION POLICY FOR THE .zho TOP LEVEL DOMAIN

             Document Version 1.2, Sep. 11 1998 by Wei-Lun Chao

  1. Introduction
        o The .zho Top Level Domain (hereafter known as "the .zho TLD") is a
          three-letter country code for the Republic of China (in Chinese:
          "Zhonghua", well known as "Taiwan").
        o The domain owner is Wei-Lun Chao <chaoweilun at sinanet.com>, who may
          delegate this registration duty as he sees fit to any duly
          designated representative.
  2. General rules
        o Second level domains are reserved and not open for application.
        o Registration of a third level domain in the .zho TLD will not be
          subject to any fees or charges.
        o Organizations requestion for domain registration under the .zho
          TLD must have a real local presence in the Republic of China.
        o An organization should register only a single domain name for
          itself. For multiply domain name of the same organization must be
          presented an explanation.
        o Geographical names, Acronyms and generic terms may normally not be
          reistered as a third level domain.
  3. Second level generic domains
        o .ent : commercial enterprises with stock
        o .com : commercial organizations without stock
        o .net : Internet related organizations
        o .reg : registried trademarks
        o .par : parliamentary organizations
        o .gov : governmental organizations
        o .mil : military organizations
        o .edu : educational organizations
        o .org : civil non-commercial organizations
        o .grp : unregistried groups
        o .geo : geographic regions
        o .nom : individuals with ID number
  4. Syntax rules
        o A domain name is a string of 3~18 characters. The permitted
          characters are all English letters, numbers and dash ("-").
        o The first character must be a letter and the last character should
          not be a dash.
  5. Submitting
        o Applications are recommend to be submitted through the ISP of the
          applicant.
        o In submitting the application the applicant certifies that to
          his/her knowledge, the use of the name applied for does not
          violate any trademarks or other status.
  6. Management
        o Once an applicant has got its domain name, it may register any and
          as many subdomains under this domain as it please.
        o Registrant is responsible for keeping information in the registry
          correct and up to date.
        o Registrant agrees that any registration in the .zho TLD shall be
          governed in all respects by and construed in accordance with the
          laws of the Republic of China.



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