british-library.uk and bl.uk

[SiGuy]

Does anyone know the history behind these domain extensions? I guess these were created long before Nominet. What other examples do you know about...

Thanks

Simon

 

[Whois-Search]

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.uk

However, some domains delegated before the creation of Nominet UK remain. Examples include parliament.uk (Parliament), bl.uk and british-library.uk (the British Library), nls.uk (the National Library of Scotland), nhs.uk (The National Health Service), and jet.uk (UKAEA as operator of the Joint European Torus experimental fusion tokamak). No new 'normal' registrations at the second level are accepted although there is a system for allocating new second level domains to expand the capacity of the system. Such allocations are rarely made.

Latest Policy: http://www.nic.uk/policy/newslds/

 

[SiGuy]

Many Thanks