On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Joe Touch wrote: > > What difference does it make to the IETF whether there are more TLD's or > > less? > > Nothing in general; what matters, as jfc already put very well, is that > these particular TLDs are acting in place of a function that is already > provided by the protocol field. Ok. So the difference is that mobi and tel indicate an application function, whereas net, com, cc, biz, info, museum, org, etc tend to indicate business/organiation function? (leaving out country codes--which indicate locale) Is it sensible to think of tel and mobi as business functions? --Dean _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf