Annex 1

(Art. 3)

Terms and abbreviations

In this Ordinance:

1. DNS (Domain Name System) means a system implementing a collective organisation and a structured management in a hierarchical manner of domain names and their resolution into an IP address (and vice versa);
2. Domain or internet domain means a sub-set of the hierarchical structure of the DNS which is the subject of joint management of the domain names which are subordinate to it;
3. Domain name means a unique communication parameter, composed of a series of alphanumeric, ideographic or other characters which make it possible to identify a domain;
4. ACE-String (ASCII [American Standard Codes for Information Interchanges] Compatible Encoding-String) means a character string made up of the characters A to Z (without accents or inflected vowels) and numerical characters 0 to 9 as well as hyphens which is established by means of technical processes. A domain name is registered in the form of the ACE-String in the DNS;
5. Internet Protocol address or IP address means a numerical communication parameter, defined in the IP protocol, which identifies an element of the internet network;
6. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is a non-profit corporation under Californian law which has in particular the task of assigning the IP address space, managing the top-level domains of the DNS and ensuring the operation of its root servers;
7. ISO is the International Organisation for Standardisation;
8. Top-Level Domain [TLD]) means a domain of the highest level of the DNS which defines, by means of a character string authorised by ICANN, a particular namespace;
9. Generic Top-Level Domain [gTLD]) means a top-level domain the designation of which identifies a community, a distinctive sign, a sector of activity or a circle of particular interests;
10. Country code Top-Level Domain [ccTLD]) means a top-level domain the designation of which, formed by a character string in conformity with ISO standard 3166-1 alpha-2, identifies a country or a geographical area;
11. RDDS database (WHOIS) means the Registration Data Directory Service database which guarantees to any interested person access in real time to information relating to allocated domain names;
12. Registry means an entity charged with the central organisation, administration and management of a top-level domain, and with the allocation and revocation of rights of use of the domain names which are subordinate to it;

m Registrar means an entity entitled to undertake with the Registry the technical and administrative operations permitting registration, on behalf of applicants, of the desired domain names and to ensure the administrative follow-up;

n*.* Registration means all the technical and administrative operations carried out by a registrar with the Registry with the purpose of obtaining the allocation of a domain name for an applicant;

o. Allocation means the legal act by which the Registry grants, via a registrar, the right to use a domain name to an applicant;

p. Holder means any physical or moral person allocated the right to use a domain name by the Registry;

q. Designation with a generic character means a designation which refers to or generally describes a category or a class of goods, services, people, groups, organisations, products, techniques, sectors or activities;

r. Naming mandate means the legal act by which the Registry allocates a generic domain name or a series of related generic domain names subject to compliance with the particular modalities of use;

s. DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) means a standardised protocol of the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) which makes data exchange within the DNS secure;

t. Transfer means the legal act by which the Registry allocates the administrative management of a domain name to a new registrar at the request of the holder;

u. Right attached to a distinctive sign means a right recognised by the legal order which derives from the registration or use of a sign and which protects its holder from attacks on its interests generated by the registration or use by third parties of an identical or similar sign.