Hi.  Here is the 1st cut of the the pertinent aspects of the proposed SG naming
scheme.

Comments are sought.

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Harish Pillay
March 20th 1995
SG-DNS-NAMES-RFC Version 0.1

				The SG Domain

Status of this Memo

This is an alpha version of a proposed SG Internet Domain Naming
Scheme.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

This memo would eventually take the form of a RFC and would be binding
to all Internet access sites under the SG domain.

Naming Structure

Singapore being a city-state enjoys a status where we do not have states 
as political subdivisions.  Hence the proposed hierarchy for SG domain
is reduced by one level. 

The SG domain will use 2-letter name tokens in it's 2nd tier level so 
as to keep the full domain name short and succinct.

The proposed hierarchy is as follows:

   co.sg: All commercial organizations - sole proprietorships, private
          limited companies and public-listed companies.
   ac.sg: All tertiary institutions awarding diplomas and degrees.
   pte.ac.sg: The option for commercially-run schools to be placed under
              this domain or under co.sg.
   re.sg: All research-only organizations that do not themselves conduct 
          academic courses on which diplomas/degrees are awarded.  ISEAS 
          will fall under this.
   go.sg: All government related entities.
   or.sg: Organizations that are clubs, societies, associations and including
          political parties.  This domain name can have a one more level to 
          indicate entities such as community centers, resident's committees
          and political parties.
   cc.or.sg: Community Centers
   rc.or.sg: Residents' Committees
   po.or.sg: Political Organization.
   tc.sg: All town councils.
   pu.sg: Miscellaneous, public knowledge organizations or information
          kiosks.  Hence, www.sg will be www.pu.sg if the govt/NCB/Technet
          does not want ownership.
   sh.sg: All schools under the Ministry of Education and includes independent,
          autonomous and privately-run schools. This is not the complete domain
          name as all schools have to be identified under as to whether they 
          are junior colleges or secondary or primary or private schools.
   jc.sh.sg: All Junior Colleges - example raffles.jc.sh.sg, temasek.jc.sh.sg.
   sec.sh.sg: All secondary schools - example raffles.sec.sh.sg,
              temasek.sec.sg.sg, raffles-girls.sec.sh.sg
   pri.sh.sg: All primary schools - raffles-girls.pri.sh.sg, temasek.pri.sh.sg.
   pte.sh.sg: All privately run schools.  They have the option of 
              being under co.sg as these are commercially run entities.
   ne.sg: All networks.
   te.sg: All technical education institutions that award technican 
          certificates.

Where to go from here

As this is a working document, comments are sought to ensure that the
nomenclature is well thought out and robust.  Guidelines on accessibility,
conflict resolution and any others will be added to this document.  

I will be the chief maintainer of this SG-DNS-NAMES-RFC.

The final document will be modelled very much after RFC 1480 The US Domain.
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