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| Introduced | Pioneer phase launched on 15 July 2014. Delegated to the root in June 2014; First proposed in 2000. [1] |
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| TLD type | GeoTLD |
| Status | General registrations beginning on 23 September 2014, registrations open for interest and trademark holders from 15 July 2014. |
| Intended use |  Scotland, Scottish culture, Gaelic and Scots languages |
| Registration restrictions | Requires connection to Scotland or Scottish culture. |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
| Registry website | dot |
.scot is a GeoTLD for Scotland and Scottish culture, including the Gaelic and Scots languages. [2]
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Originally, .sco was proposed in a campaign. [3]
In 2008 dotCYMRU, dotEUS, dotSCOT and dotBZH formed ECLID [ clarification needed ]. Later it was decided to allow newly proposed top-level domains for introduction some time in 2013, and a list of applications for these was published in June 2012; the domain .scot was included. [4]
On 27 January 2014, dotScot Registry, a not-for-profit organization established in 2009, announced that it had agreed terms to operate the .scot domain name, with plans to get it up and running later in summer of 2014. [5]
On 15 July 2014, .scot was officially launched. [6] The first .scot domain name to go live was calico.scot, registered by hosting company Calico Internet Ltd. [6]
On 17 February 2015, the Scottish Government migrated its website from Scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot. [7] [8] Likewise, the Scottish Parliament moved from Scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016, [9] to coincide with the 2016 elections. [10]
The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New GeoTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 July 2017. [11]
On 3 May 2018 the dotScot Registry lifted registration restrictions on locality domains (based on towns, etc.) and other premium names. [12]
