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23-Apr-2007

Catalan Domains

Mallorca, Ibiza and Catalonia now have their own domains. .Cat has been established to serve Catalan Linguistic and Cultural Community needs. The Community consists of people using the Catalan language for online communications, to promote aspects of Catalan culture online and to specifically address online communications to the Community. It is still possible to apply for a cat-domain if your website is not (at least partially) in Catalan but the domain needs to be related to Catalan culture, language or community.

Conditions state: You must already have online communications in Catalan (web, blog, mail-list, etc). If this is the case, you need to communicate a reference URL you manage. You have qualified for Sunrise Phase I or Phase III; this allows you to apply for a cat-domain name at any time but without the priority you enjoyed during Sunrise. In this case you need to communicate FASE1 o FASE3 code. You have a special code (sometimes called ENS) obtained during promotions (like St. Jordi 2006 or other). You carry out online activities (in any language) to promote Catalan language and culture. You may be part of the Catalan community and be able to apply for a .CAT if you can get sponsored mail from three people already with a cat-domain name that endorses your claim.

Registration with cat-domains with special characters of the Catalan language is already possible: à; è; é; í; ï; ò; ó; ú; ue; ç; l•l.