This is an unofficial translation of the Resolution and is provided here for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Resolution. Article (5): The Authority is responsible for identifying the prohibited names such as the following: 1- The current Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDS) such as (gov  edu  net  org  com  info  biz  aero) or those to be created in the future by ICANN. 2- All the Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDS) such as (uk  my  kr  jp  ca  ae  ye). 3- Geographical names: the names of countries, wilayats  provinces and cities such as: (Saudi  Egypt  Dhofar  Paris  Arabia). 4- Governmental and official names and titles. 5- Words which are contrary to the public order or morality or social traditions or religious beliefs. 6- Names of tribes in the Sultanate of Oman. 7- Technical names and terms for the Internet which if used as domain names may constitute a risk to the operational safety of the internet such as (http-www http html www WHOIS). 8- The general words such as (hotel  car  reservation….etc). Article (6): The Authority may, upon request from the concerned parties agree to allow the registration of a domain name that contains one or more prohibited words provided that sufficient evidence is furnished to the Authority that the prohibited word or words to be included in the domain name does not conflict with the purpose of the prohibition. Article (7): The domain name under the top level (.om) shall take one of the following forms: 1- (Domainname.zone).Top-level zone .om 2- (Domainname.zone).second-level zone (.org.om, .com.om)

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