From: sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne)
Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
Organization: Wimsey Information Services
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 11:20:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec25.134225.18745@wariat.org> sjsobol@wariat.org (Steven J. Sobol) writes:
>Andrew M. Dunn (amdunn@mongrel.UUCP) wrote:
>
>: True.  But, unlike the US (and, to a lesser extent, Canada) they don't
>: appear to insist on a geographical hierarchy.
>: 
>: THAT'S what people don't like about the .US domain.   Or the .CA 
>: domain.
>
>I haven't seen that many Canadian addresses that ARE geographical.
>
>: :  Andy Dunn           <amdunn@mongrel.UUCP> or <dunn5177@mach1.WLU.CA>   :
>                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>						  is this geographical or
>						  is it the address of some
>						  organization???

WLU.CA is the domain name for Wilfred Laurier University.

CA domain names are geographical based. But universities are assumed to be
under the top level. There is currently a discussion underway to change this so
that Universities would be under the second or province level. Since there is
no suggestion that any existing names be changed and there are few if any
universities that are not already registered its a moot point.

}CA Subdomain Application Instructions               (Updated 1992 Aug 8)

}Subdomain: 
}
}   The name of the subdomain applied for.  This will be of the form
}   "yourorg.location.CA".
}
}   "location" is a name pre-assigned to the smallest registered
}   geographical region covering the branches or significant activity of
}   your organization.  In the case of organizations where the smallest
}   geographical region is deemed to be Canada, the location subdomain will
}   not exist.  These provincial and territorial abbreviations (as
}   recommended by the Department of the Secretary of State) are used at
}   the second level: AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, and YK.
}   Locality subdomains are used at the third level and consist of
}   unabbreviated names of localities (cities, towns, villages, etc.).
}
}   An organization must typically have offices in more than one province
}   or territory to qualify for a national subdomain.  Organizations with
}   offices in several localities in one province or territory should apply
}   for a third-level subdomain name.  Small organizations and
}   organizations such as schools, libraries, and hospitals should apply
}   for a fourth-level subdomain name.  Universities are considered to be
}   national organizations, and colleges are considered to be
}   provincial/territorial organizations.
}
}   "yourorg" is a string that encodes the proper name of your organization
}   in a widely recognized fashion that will be unique to your parent
}   domain.  Use these guidelines to determine your candidate organization
}   string:
}
}   (1) Start with the full proper name by which your organization conducts
}       its business.
}       e.g.: "QL Systems", "University of Waterloo"
} 
}   (2) Remove all the blanks.
}       e.g.: "QLSystems", "UniversityofWaterloo"
} 
}   (3) Remove truly extraneous components if there are any.
}       e.g.: "QLSystems", "UniversityWaterloo"
} 
}   (4) If it is excessively long, abbreviate it by trimming on the parts
}       whose removal will result in the least loss of recognizability
}       outside the business-community sphere in which your organization is
}       already well known.
}       e.g.: "QLSystems", "UnivWaterloo"
} 
}   (5) If it still doesn't feel right, take out some more, using rule (4).
}       e.g.: "QLSys", "UWaterloo"
} 
}   (6) (This is important!)  Take the above iterations to someone in your
}       organization whose organizational authority includes "the corporate
}       image" of the organization, to see which (if any) of the above is
}       the preferred "electronic corporate identity". (If none, then get
}       that person to repeat the exercise themselves.)
}
}   Legal characters are letters, digits, and the hyphen.  You may mix
}   upper and lower case, or use all upper or all lower case.  Software
}   will ignore case, and most users will probably type all lower or all
}   upper case, depending on their terminals.  You should capitalize your
}   subdomain name as you wish it to appear in machine generated lists,
}   such as the return address generated in your outgoing electronic mail.
}   Hyphens may be used to separate words if necessary or consistent with
}   normal references to the proper name of your organization.
}
}   The parent authority (registrar) for your subdomain is the final
}   authority on all matters relating to registration and subsequent use of
}   your subdomain name.  In particular, the CA domain registrar has
}   authority for all second level names.  Your subdomain name must be
}   approved by the parent authority before it is used in network
}   communications.
}
}   For example:
}
}        MegaCo.CA                     National company.
}        WidgetCo.PE.CA                Provincial Company.
}        CityAutoLtd.Melville.SK.CA    Small business.
}        AlphaBetaU.CA                 University.
}        SmytheColl.ON.CA              College.
}


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