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Leni.

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Press Release

24 October 1997

The Council of Registrars (CORE).

CORE announces the signing of a letter of intent with Emergent
Corporation (http://www.emergent.com) for the development and operation
of the Shared Registry System (SRS).  The SRS is the neutral, shared
database repository that co-ordinates registrations from CORE registrars

and causes names to enter the global Internet Domain Name System (DNS).

Emergent and CORE expect to have a final contract signed on or before 1
Nov 1997.  The proposed contract terms involve Emergent operating the
SRS for a renewable term of one year.

CORE is the entity comprising registrars selected under the gTLD-MOU
process: http://www.gtld-mou.org.  Formed on October 3, CORE now
comprises more than 73 registrars actively working towards deploying
structures for the administration and enhancement of the DNS.  The
gTLD-MOU proposes the addition of seven new generic Top Level Domains:
.firm, .store, .web, .arts, .rec, .info, and .nom.

The overall plan balances requirements for competition among registrars
with public oversight of registration activities. Public interest
concerns are addressed by the Policy Oversight Committee (POC),
comprising distinushed members of the internet community.  POC is
assisted by a Policy Advisory Body, comprising signatories to the
Memorandum of Understanding.  The existing top level domains for each
nation, such as .au for Australia, .br for Brazil and .uk for the United

Kingdom are not be affected.

The full text of documents relating to the new generic Top Level Domains

and CORE may be found at the web sites:
http://www.gtld-mou.org and
http://www.core.gtld-mou.org

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