.BE Domain Syntax Rules Belgium FAQ - Can I freely choose a name and what about (Internationalized Domain Names)?
- You can choose whatever name that is still available. However, there are some technical restrictions:
Only letters (a-z), digits (0-9) and hyphens (-) are allowed. A domain name cannot start or end with a hyphen "-". Neither allowed are domain names of less than two characters or more than sixty-three (63) characters as well as names with "-" on the third and fourth position.
On 1 March 2004, there was extensive media coverage of the fact that there will be the possibility of registering domain names that not only consist of the conventional 26 letters, ten numbers and the dash, but also characters with accents, such as , and . These are called IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) but DNS Belgium has decided, for the time being, not to offer any IDN domain names.
- What are acceptable domain names?
- DNS .be will NOT accept the following domain names for registration:
Names that are already registered (first come, first served -principle) or that are put on hold. A name is put on hold if :
- DNS BE is notified that legal proceedings, whether within or outside the scope of a court of law, are in progress over that name, or
- DNS BE has asked the licensee to replace his registrar in case the registrars contract with DNS BE is terminated.
DNS .be WILL accept the following domain names for registration:
Names that consist of characters other than "a-z", "A-Z", "0-9" and "-", or that start or end with "-" (as recommended in RFC 1035, published on the web site of DNS BE).
Names of less than two (2) or more than sixty-three (63) characters.
Names with - on the third and the fourth position.
- Names will be registered for the person whose application is completed first, notwithstanding earlier applications for those names that are not yet complete. An application is complete when it is received by the DNS BE computer system (not when it was sent), and when it contains all the data required by DNS BE.
- The refusal to register a domain name does not create any rights (priority rights or other) for the applicant. The applicant may file a new application, in competition with anybody else, if that name later becomes available to the public.
Source: www.dns.be
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