.CAT Domain Syntax Rules Catalan Community FAQ - Will the .cat domains be able to show any combination of letters and numbers?
- No. The domain names length must have more than 2 characters and less than 63. The accepted characters are those of the Catalan alphabet, plus digits (0-9) and the hyphen (aka minus sign), but this last cannot be the first or last character of the domain name, and you cannot put two hyphens side by side. Capital letters and lower case characters are treated as the same character.
- Will it be possible to have domains with accents, c-cedilla () and geminated el (ll)?
- Yes. The .cat domain accepts the 11 Catalan special characters (; ; ; ; ; ll; ; ; ; ). Note than if you register a domain with accents, you will also register (for free) the domain without accents. For instance, if you register fundaci.cat you will get fundacio.cat too. Both domains behave, as a matter of fact, like a single one.
- I have never seen domains with accents. Does it really work?
- It is necessary to say that these special IDN or 'Internationalized Domain Names' are still in an experimental phase, but work. Not all the web browsers recognize them in a direct way yet (the Internet Explorer needs to get a plug-in), and they cannot be used in electronic mail. Nevertheless, Fundaci puntCAT believes important that, despite the somehow limited functionality, users can use all the characters of the Catalan language.
Source: www.domini.cat/
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