A call for a moratorium on the .health generic top-level domain: preventing the commercialization and exclusive control of online health information

Mackey, Tim K; Eysenbach, Gunther; Liang, Bryan A; Kohler, Jillian C; Geissbuhler, Antoine; Attaran, Amir

doi:10.1186/s12992-014-0062-z

Globalization and Health

Table 1 Health-related gTLD status and proposed safeguards (as of June 2014)

From: A call for a moratorium on the .health generic top-level domain: preventing the commercialization and exclusive control of online health information

gTLD string	GAC recommended safeguard (Closed/Open)?	In string contention? (Y/N)	Current ICANN status	Applicant(s)
.cancerresearch	N/A	No	Pre-delegation testing	Australian Cancer Research Foundation
.clinic	Open	No	Delegated	Donuts (Goose Park, LLC)
.dental	Open	No	Delegated	Donuts (Tin Birch, LLC)
.dentist	Closed	No	Delegated	Donuts (Outer Lake, LLC)
.diet	Open	No	In contracting	Famous Four Media (dot Diet Limited)^a
				Uniregistry, Corp.
				Donuts (Pioneer Hill, LLC)^a
.doctor	Open	Yes	In auction	Donuts (Brice Trail, LLC)
				Radix (DotMedico TLD Inc.)^b
				The Medical Registry Limited
.fit	Open	No	In contracting	Famous Four Media (Platinum Registry Limited)^a
				Top Level Domain Holding
.fitness	Open	No	Delegated	Donuts (Brice Orchard, LLC)
.health	Open	Yes	In auction	DotHealth, LLC
				Afilias
				Donuts (Goose Fest, LLC)
				Famous Four Media (dot Health Limited)^a
.healthcare	Open	No	In contracting	Donuts (Silver Glen, LLC)
.heart	Open	No	Withdrawn	American Heart Association, Inc.^a
.hiv	Open	No	Delegated	dotHIV gemeinnütziger e.V.
.hospital	Closed	No	On-hold¹	Donuts (Ruby Pike, LLC)^b
.med	Open	Yes	On-hold¹	DocCheck AG^a
				Second Generation Ltd. (Medistry LLC)^b
				HEXPAS SAS^b
				Google (Charleston Road
				Registry Inc.)^c
.medical	Closed	No	On-hold¹	Donuts (Steel Hill, LLC)^b
.pharmacy	Closed	No	In contracting	National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
.physio	Open	No	Transition to delegation	PhysBiz Pty Ltd (Glenn Ruscoe)
.skin	N/A	No	In contracting	L’Oréal
.stroke	N/A	No	Withdrawn	American Heart Association, Inc.^a
.surgery	Closed	No	Delegated	Donuts (Tin Avenue, LLC)
.健康 (Chinese equivalent of “healthy”)	Open	No	In contracting	Stable Tone Limited

KEY:
Bold: indicates the successfully awarded applicant or an applicant who is currently in contracting/pre-delegation testing that will likely lead to completion.
Open: Proposed as GAC Category 1 strings with safeguards 1-3 applicable. These requirements generally state that operators will include in their Registry-Registrar Agreements provisions for privacy and consumer protection and compliance with applicable laws, but leave TLDs generally Open to registration.
Closed: Proposed as GAC Category 1 strings with all safeguards 1-8 applicable. In addition to safeguards 1-3, they would also most importantly require that registry operators work with relevant regulatory or industry self-regulating bodies and include requirements that registrants posses any necessary authorizations, charters, licenses and/or other related credentials for participation.
¹ICANN Objection determinations where Independent Objector has prevailed on at least one objection (e.g. community or limited public interest).
^aWithdrawn
^bOn hold - Objection.
^cWill not proceed.

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