Manual:Has TLD status

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This ontology is maintained by Mark W. Datysgeld (ORCID), Master in International Relations at São Paulo State University.

PageProperty "Has type" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page. Associates a Top-Level Domain with its IANA-derived status. Allowed values are: Proposed, Submitted, Delegated, Active, Retired, or Removed.@enProperty "Property description" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.

Allowed values

ProposedProperty "Allows value" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.
SubmittedProperty "Allows value" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.
DelegatedProperty "Allows value" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.
ActiveProperty "Allows value" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.
RetiredProperty "Allows value" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.
RemovedProperty "Allows value" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.

Ontology notes

Our ontology consolidates IANA's more granular status indicators into five major groups.

Proposed

This status is assigned to TLDs that had demonstrable effort put into their application process or received coverage from more than one credible media source. It does not allow for imagined or rumored applications. This status exists partially in order to maintain backwards compatibility with how documentation of "New gTLD Program (2012)" was carried out.

Submitted

This group covers the early lifecycle stages, including statuses such as “Application Received,” “Under Evaluation,” or “Pre-delegation Testing.” Any TLD that has been proposed and is pending further processing falls into this group.

Delegated

Once IANA officially assigns a TLD, typically labeled “Delegated” or “Delegated, pending production”, but before the TLD reaches full operational stability, it is classified in this phase.

Active

TLDs that are fully operational and in production are labeled by IANA as “Active” or “Production.” These are domains that are live and reliably answering DNS queries.

Retired

This category collects TLDs that are in a controlled decommissioning phase. IANA reports and board resolutions may refer to these states as “Retiring” or “Retired for transition.” Such domains are no longer intended for new registrations.

Removed

TLDs that have been completely expunged from the DNS root zone fall into this group. IANA assigns this status once the deletion process is complete. An example is .zr, the ccTLD from the former country of Zaire.