The question asks about the top-level domain (TLD) “XIHUAN”. According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages and oversees the domain name system, there’s no TLD named “.xihuan”. As of now, they haven’t allocated the “.xihuan” TLD.
Top-Level Domains (TLDs) are the highest level of domain names in the root zone of the domain name system of the Internet, as explained by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). They are the characters that come after the final dot in the web URL. For instance, in “www.google.com”, “.com” is the TLD. The list of TLDs is managed by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), a department of ICANN (ICANN TLD Onboarding, n.d).
There are different types of TLDs, including gTLDs (generic top-level domains) like .com, .net, .org, and ccTLDs (country code top-level domains) like .us for the United States, .uk for the United Kingdom, and so on. There are also branded TLDs for businesses, like .google for Google and .apple for Apple (IANA Root Zone Database, n.d).
The list of all the current TLDs is available in the “Root Zone Database” provided by IANA. This leads to the aforementioned statement that there is no “.xihuan” TLD, as it does not appear in this database (IANA Root Zone Database, n.d).
On the other hand, companies can apply for a new gTLD if they so wish. For instance, Google applied and got the “.google” gTLD. This process is regulated by ICANN and requires going through a set of procedures and paying an evaluation fee. However, it’s worth mentioning that ICANN hasn’t opened a new application round since the first one in 2012 (ICANN New gTLD Program, n.d).
In conclusion, there is no “.xihuan” TLD currently. The only way to get “.xihuan” as a TLD is to apply for it with ICANN when they open the next application round.
References:
- ICANN TLD Onboarding. (n.d). Retrieved from: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/tld-onboarding-2013-04-23-en
- IANA Root Zone Database. (n.d). Retrieved from: https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
- ICANN New gTLD Program. (n.d). Retrieved from: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results
