IANA Report on Redelegation of the .tw Top-Level Domain

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http://www.iana.org/reports/tw-report-29may03.htm


IANA Report

Subject: Request of Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) for the Redelegation of the .tw Top-Level Domain
Date: 29 May 2003

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (the IANA), as part of the administrative functions associated with management of the domain-name system root, is responsible for receiving requests for delegation and redelegation of top-level domains, investigating the circumstances pertinent to those requests, and reporting on the requests. In September 2000, the IANA received a preliminary request for redelegation of the .tw (Taiwan) country-code top-level domain (ccTLD). This report gives the findings and conclusions of the IANA on its investigation of that request.

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Conclusion

The structure proposed by TWNIC and endorsed by DGT is to have TWNIC undertake management of the .tw ccTLD under appropriate oversight by DGT (concerning national public-policy interests) and ICANN (concerning global technical-coordination interests). This structure is consonant with the principle of private-sector responsibility for technical coordination under which the Internet has flourished. In reviewing the request and in light of (a) DGT's endorsement of TWNIC as the appropriate private-sector manager and (b) TWNIC's entry of a sponsorship agreement embodying an appropriate framework of accountability, the IANA concludes that TWNIC is the appropriate delegee of the .tw ccTLD.