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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 Webmaster, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK Tel: 0113 3434295 Blog: http://elgg.leeds.ac.uk/jeremy/weblog/ Web guidelines: http://campus.leeds.ac.uk/guidelines/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Jonathan Moffett > Sent: 02 March 2006 16:51 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: .org v .museum > > > 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 > > > ------------------- > Dr Jonathan Moffett > Oxford University Museums' IT Manager > & Ashmolean Museum WebMaster > [log in to unmask] > > * This e-mail message was sent with Execmail V5.1 * > > ************************************************** > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the > list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > ************************************************** > ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************