You have a freer choice of names with .org than .museum where you need
to fit into a category (or used to, might have changed).
Thus there isn't (wasn't?) a guarantee that abc-museum.org could become
abc.museum - you might have to use abc.science.museum or similar. Some
of the .museum combinations are a little unwieldy if you look on
http://index.museum/
Jeremy.
Jeremy M. Harmer
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> Sent: 02 March 2006 16:51
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> Subject: .org v .museum
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>
> Dear All,
>
> The Ashmolean is going to relaunch its web site later this month and
> I've been discussing with the Director what address to use.
> He tells me that most museums use the ".org" extension,
> whereas I have suggested
> ".museum" would be more appropriate. Directorial privilege is winning
> out at the moment, so is there any evidence to confirm or refute his
> assertion that most museums use ".org"?
>
> We actually have both set up so practically speaking it makes little
> difference, except for what we put on our publicity. Also,
> most people
> tend to find web sites through search engines, so the url is probably
> not that significant ... or is it?
>
> Comments, evidence, suggestions welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
>
>
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> Dr Jonathan Moffett
> Oxford University Museums' IT Manager
> & Ashmolean Museum WebMaster
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