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I guess the problem is there is no clear, technical definition of what a TLD is. There are many weird cases as described on the public suffix page (e.g. edu.au

I guess the problem is there is no clear, technical definition of what a TLD is. There are many weird cases as described on the public suffix page (e.g. edu.au is a TLD unless it is catholic.edu.au, which is a TLD itself). I believe it would be much easier to work with domain names if everyone agreed that all domain names should follow the same convention (e.g. hostname(s) + domain name + TLD type + country suffix) from the beginning.

chrismorgan 5y ago
Not just catholic.edu.au, states have their own things, e.g. schools in Victoria are *.vic.edu.au. Universities tend to not be conceptually so local and tied to the state, so they go with *.edu.au. Same deal with government, you’ve got *.gov.au for federal matters and *.{vic, …}.gov.au for states.