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.md

ccTLD
Type ccTLD
Status Active
Region EUR
Country
  • Republic of Moldova
Implemented March 24, 1994
Registry IP Serviciul Tehnologia Informatiei si Securitate Cibernetica
Websites

.md is the ccTLD for Moldova. It is managed by IP Serviciul Tehnologia Informatiei si Securitate Cibernetica.[1]

Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]

.md is an Open Use ccTLD. Registrants for the registration of subdomain names can be:

  • natural/legal persons, resident/non-resident citizens of the Republic of Moldova;
  • institutions of central and local public administration of the Republic of Moldova;
  • natural/legal persons from outside the Republic of Moldova;
  • legal representatives of the entities/persons referred to in points 1), 2) and 3), authorised under the legislation of the Republic of Moldova.[2]

A domain name must not:

  • infringe trademark and intellectual property rights protection legislation;
  • infringe the legislation on the protection of geographical indications, designations of origin and traditional specialities guaranteed;
  • incite hatred, discrimination of any kind, violation of public order or violence;
  • harm the psycho-emotional integrity of people, especially minors.[2]

Characters[edit | edit source]

The subdomain name must:

  • consist of alpha-numeric characters (Arabic numerals: 0-9, Latin letters: a-z; A-Z, without diacritics) and the spelling sign ( - ) and/or their combination. Small characters (a-z) are recommended, as subdomain names do not take into account upper or lower case characters;
  • not begin or end with the spelling sign ( - );
  • have the minimum of 2 (two) characters and maximum of 63 (sixty-three) characters.[2]

Usage[edit | edit source]

As of 2024, .md has approximately 30,000 active domains.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".

Retrieved from "https://icannwiki.org/index.php?title=.md&oldid=1373110"
Semantic properties for ".md"
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Date implementedStores the date that an object was implemented, normalized to the "Month DD, YYYY" format.
March 24, 1994 +
Has ICANN regionAssociates an object with an ICANN-determined Geographic Region.
EUR +
Has TLD statusAssociates a Top-Level Domain with its IANA-derived status. Allowed values are: Proposed, Submitted, Delegated, Active, Retired, or Removed.
Active +
Has TLD typeAssociates a Top-Level Domain with its primary type (gTLD or ccTLD).
CcTLD +
Has countryAssociates a page with a country. Territory names are extracted from ISO 3166, "Country Codes".
Republic of Moldova +
Has entity typeSpecifies the primary classification or fundamental type of the page's subject (e.g., Event, Organization, Person).
TLD +
Has registry operatorAssociates an object with a registry operator.
IP Serviciul Tehnologia Informatiei si Securitate Cibernetica +