The top-level domain (TLD) you mentioned, “XN—30RR7Y”, is actually represented in Punycode, a method used to encode Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) that contain non-ASCII characters. The Punycode conversion allows these domain names to be used in the ASCII-only DNS system.
Punycode translates Unicode characters to the limited character set of ASCII (A-Z, 0-9), which catered mainly to English language web addresses during the early era of the internet. For instance, the Chinese character ‘书’, which means ‘book’, will be represented in Punycode as “xn—3ds443g”. In Punycode, the ‘xn—’ prefix acts as an identifier for encoding which tells applications that the domain contains Punycode encoded characters.
The specific TLD you mentioned, “XN—30RR7Y”, according to Punycoder (an online Punycode decoder), translates to “.公司” in Chinese, which means “.company” in English. This is one of the internationalized country code TLDs (ccTLDs), specifically a China ccTLD.
ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) implemented the IDN system to allow internet users worldwide to navigate the web in their native language scripts. The Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s NIC (Network Information Center) further elaborates on the process and use of Punycode in translating and enabling non-Latin scripts for use on the Internet.
The process for acquiring this specific TLD follows the normal domain registration process used for other general TLDs. A potential user would have to approach a domain name registrar that supports Chinese domain names, function under the rules of ICANN’s practices and the Chinese regulatory internet domain authority (CNNIC), as clarified in the ICANN’s IDN practices resource.
Sources:
1. ICANN’s Official Website for detailed information about IDNs and Punycode uses.
2. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s NIC for more detailed representation on Punycode.
3. Punycoder, an online Punycode decoding tool.
4. CNNIC’s reference material for the regulatory procedures for the domain registration in China.
5. ICANN’s IDN practices resource for the internationalized domain name registration practices.
