WHO calls for a health domain name to help consumers
@article{Brown2002WHOCF, title={WHO calls for a health domain name to help consumers}, author={P. Brown}, journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal}, year={2002}, volume={324}, pages={566} }
The California based body that oversees the creation of “top level” internet domains such as .com and .org is coming under renewed pressure to agree a new domain that would signal legitimate health information websites.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is being asked by the World Health Organization and others to set out a clear timetable for agreeing new domain names after rejecting a proposed “.health” domain in late 2000. The issue is likely to be discussed when the… CONTINUE READING
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