| Introduced | 1999 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Reserved top-level domain |
| Status | Reserved to prevent conflict and confusion |
| Registry | IANA |
| Sponsor | None |
| Intended use | internal testing or for documentation |
| Actual use | used by ICANN in IDN testing |
| Registration restrictions | No registrations are possible |
| Structure | Those using it for testing can use it in any desired structure |
| Documents | RFC 2606 |
| Dispute policies | n/a |
| Website | None |
test is a name reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in RFC 2606 (June 1999) that is not intended to be installed as a top-level domain (TLD) in the global Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet for production use.[1]
Other reserved top-level domain names are invalid, localhost, and example.
The reasons for reservation of these top-level domain names is to reduce the likelihood of conflict and confusion.[1] This allows the use of these names for either documentation purposes or in local testing scenarios.
Testing of IDN domains
The top-level domain label test has been officially used for testing a series of internationalized domain name (IDN) TLDs created by ICANN in its IDN root zone evaluation program[2] initiated in October 2007. The domains used in this program are example.test, translated and transliterated into: Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish, Japanese and Tamil. The evaluation is supported by a suite of fully localized wikis and can be accessed through a single IDN wiki gateway.[3]
References
- ^ a b RFC 2606 (BCP 32), Reserved Top Level DNS Names, D. Eastlake, A. Panitz, The Internet Society (June 1999)
- ^ "ICANN Releases Draft IDN Evaluation Plans". ICANN. http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-19jun07.htm.
- ^ "IDNwiki: ICANN IDN TLD evaluation gateway". http://idn.icann.org.
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