Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brussels
The opening up of the top-level domain name market in 2012 has offered new perspectives for companies, administrations and individuals to include a geographic component within the domain name of their website. Little to no research has been carried out since then to analyse the uptake of the new top...
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| author | Margot Waty Seth van Hooland Simon Hengchen Mathias Coeckelbergs Max De Wilde Jean-Michel Decroly |
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| description | The opening up of the top-level domain name market in 2012 has offered new perspectives for companies, administrations and individuals to include a geographic component within the domain name of their website. Little to no research has been carried out since then to analyse the uptake of the new top-level domain names (TLDNs). Based on the specific case of the TLDN .brussels, this article proposes an empirical study of how the opening up of the top-level domain name market actually impacts registration practices. By making use of freely available software tools such as OpenRefine and Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods, the entire corpus of the .brussels domain names (6 300) was analysed from a quantitative perspective. Based on a statistically representative sample (592 domain names), a qualitative interpretation allowed a more fine-grained analysis of how the new TLDN is being used in practice. By doing so, the article gives detailed insight into the impact of the recent changes to the rules concerning domain name registration. Through this analysis, researchers, policy makers, investors and anyone concerned about the identity of Brussels in the digital realm may have a better understanding of the state of play of the .brussels TLDN. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cdf6974b772e457a9c5830aca85ded792022-12-21T19:07:41ZengUniversité Saint-Louis BruxellesBrussels Studies2031-02932018-01-0110.4000/brussels.1617Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brusselsMargot WatySeth van HoolandSimon HengchenMathias CoeckelbergsMax De WildeJean-Michel DecrolyThe opening up of the top-level domain name market in 2012 has offered new perspectives for companies, administrations and individuals to include a geographic component within the domain name of their website. Little to no research has been carried out since then to analyse the uptake of the new top-level domain names (TLDNs). Based on the specific case of the TLDN .brussels, this article proposes an empirical study of how the opening up of the top-level domain name market actually impacts registration practices. By making use of freely available software tools such as OpenRefine and Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods, the entire corpus of the .brussels domain names (6 300) was analysed from a quantitative perspective. Based on a statistically representative sample (592 domain names), a qualitative interpretation allowed a more fine-grained analysis of how the new TLDN is being used in practice. By doing so, the article gives detailed insight into the impact of the recent changes to the rules concerning domain name registration. Through this analysis, researchers, policy makers, investors and anyone concerned about the identity of Brussels in the digital realm may have a better understanding of the state of play of the .brussels TLDN.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1617innovationpublic spacetoponymy |
| spellingShingle | Margot Waty Seth van Hooland Simon Hengchen Mathias Coeckelbergs Max De Wilde Jean-Michel Decroly Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brussels Brussels Studies innovation public space toponymy |
| title | Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brussels |
| title_full | Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brussels |
| title_fullStr | Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brussels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brussels |
| title_short | Hoe hot is .brussels? Analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam .brussels |
| title_sort | hoe hot is brussels analyse van de introductie van de top level domeinnaam brussels |
| topic | innovation public space toponymy |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1617 |
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