原文標題：Biggest Expansion to Internet in Forty Years Approved for Implementation
ICANN 在法國巴黎召開的討論會，正式表決通過「自訂」網域名稱提案(proposal)。詳細原文在 ICANN News已經公告出來了。也就是說之後的網域名稱，不會再只侷限於傳統常見的 .com / .org / .info，申請人可以自訂網域名稱，並提出申請。目前預估 2009年Q2開始第一波作業。
這在網路發展史上，應該算是蠻大的一次變革吧。不過對這一般 user的影響，恐怕要幾年後才看得出來。
This proposal allows applicants for new names to self-select their domain name so that choices are most appropriate for their customers or potentially the most marketable. It is expected that applicants will apply for targeted community strings such as (the existing) .travel for the travel industry and .cat for the Catalan community (as well as generic strings like .brandname or .yournamehere). There are already interested consortiums wanting to establish city-based top level domain, like .nyc (for New York City), .berlin and .paris.
註：已經有不少組織想要註冊以「城市」為後綴的網域名稱了，像是 .nyc / .paris。
