gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.madrid	Comunidad de Madrid	madrid.org	View

The .MADRID TLD application is submitted by the Region of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid), which is the Government of the region of Madrid region; analogous to the States in the Federal States of the USA) on behalf of, and for the Madrid community.

The following clauses (A), (B) and (C) describe the delineation of the Madrid community and corresponding policy principles of the .MADRID TLD.

(A) The Madrid community comprises individuals as citizens and legal entities with presence in the Region of Madrid. This territory comprises the 179 Municipalities, including the city of Madrid and its metropolitan area Madrid is the capital of Spain as established by art. 5 of the Spanish Constitution. A bona fide presence in the Madrid area may be determined by the following:

- residence in the Madrid area, or

- the pursuit of lawful business activities in the Madrid area, or

- the pursuit of cultural leisure, and sport activities in the Madrid area, or

- any other kind of direct or indirect presence that is generally accepted as legitimate for, and conducive to the welfare of, the Madrid area.

(B) Registration of domain names under the .MADRID TLD is restricted to members of the Madrid community and subject to the further requirement that the domain name registrant’s direct or indirect presence in the Madrid area and the registrant’s use of the domain name must be:

(1) of a kind that is generally accepted as legitimate and
(2) conducive to the welfare of the Madrid area and
(3) of commensurate quality to the role and importance of the respective domain name and
(4) based on good faith at the time of registration and thereafter.

(C) The government of the Region of Madrid, in relation to the requested .MADRID TLD, acts as the highest representative body for the Region of Madrid, as well as the representative of this community in dealings with other institutions of the Spanish state and its different administrative bodies, including the city of Madrid as state capital. In light of this, the full support of the Spanish Government has been obtained through the Secretary of State for Telecommunications, as well as for the Information Society and that of the city of Madrid, via its activities in the area of Economic Governance, Employment and Citizen Participation, with the common objective of establishing new channels for relationships based on good faith.



Answers to enumerated question points:

How the community is delineated from Internet users generally. Such descriptions may include, but are not limited to, the following: membership, registration, or licensing processes, operation in a particular industry, use of a language.

The Madrid community relates to the geographic area of the Region (Comunidad) of Madrid or the Madrid area, a described above. The Madrid area comprises the geographic urban areas of the city of Madrid. It is clearly recognizable by urban infrastructure, such as the local transport network in and around the City of Madrid. It also comprises 180 other municipalities of diverse size and character.

The delineation described under (A) above matches the reality of the Madrid community as it has existed since the advent of Madrid as a modern metropolis.

A Madrid community has existed for a long time. For as long as it has existed, those who belonged to it were those who had a bona fide presence in the urban area and its surroundings. With the advancement of civilization, new forms of presence (such as business or culture) have become generally accepted. A bona fide presence in the Madrid area may be direct or indirect, on the basis of domicile, activity, cultural links or any other constructive commitment to the Madrid area. It may be emanating from the area or be directed to the area.

Given the vast scope of a modern metropolitan community, and its surroundings, community membership always depends on context. This is why, for the purpose of domain registrations, the strength and quality of the registrant’s nexus must be commensurate to the role and importance of the domain name to the community.

In other words, a bona fide presence in the Madrid area (and thus community membership) is a necessary condition, NOT in itself a sufficient condition for the right to hold any imaginable .MADRID domain name. As the policy principles under (B) above description show, there are additional requirements specific to the intrinsic role and importance of the domain name in question. They concern in particular the nature of the registrant’s presence in the Madrid area and the registrant’s use of the domain name.

The wish to hold a .MADRID domain name is not in itself a sufficient indication of a bona fide presence in the Madrid area. Furthermore, if a person has been able to register a domain name in .MADRID, this does not in itself entitle that person to register any imaginable other .MADRID domain name.


How the community is structured and organized. For a community consisting of an alliance of groups, details about the constituent parts are required.

As any other modern metropolitan area, the Madrid community is organized to the highest degree. The Madrid area belongs to one single, highly integrated community. Because of if its importance and size, the community’s organization involves a number of public bodies and authorities on several levels (such as the Region, the Municipalities, and for the biggest among them, the Districts), treaties between public bodies, joint investments in public infrastructure companies, public-private partnerships, coordinated policies and legal frameworks that define the duties and prerogatives of each body. The public bodies are established by law and their representatives are democratically elected by universal suffrage. It goes without saying that private companies and cultural or welfare organizations also belong to the organization of the community.


When the community was established, including the date(s) of formal organization, if any, as well as a description of community activities to date.

The City of Madrid (and therefore the Greater Madrid Area) has existed as an organized community since Middle Age, having grown naturally over time. It has been the Court and then Capital of Spain since 1561.

The activities of the Madrid community are:
- the shared concerns and pursuits of the residents and stakeholders of the Madrid area (along with their organizations or public bodies)
- the shared use of the infrastructure and services of the Madrid area, such as transport, telecommunications, as well as culture, education, welfare and leisure,
- a strong focus for tourism, including leading role in cultural tourism (Madrid is the seat, for instance, of the World Tourism Organization).
- the role of the City of Madrid as capital of Spain.

The Madrid community includes extensive activities in the digital world specific to the Greater Madrid Community, both in the form of e-government services and public authorities’ contributions to the development of information society. The .MADRID TLD is designed to be directly related to the activities of the Madrid community, including fostering the use of electronic administration and promoting political and social participation.


The current estimated size of the community, both as to membership and geographic extent.

The population of the Madrid area is in the order of 7 million inhabitants. The geographic extension of the Madrid Region is at 8.021 square kilometers.

The Madrid Region comprises, beyond the City of Madrid, 179 Municipalities that can be found on www.madrid.org

gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.sport	SportAccord	sportaccord.com	View

Q20a Community Served

20.a.0 Name and Description

The .sport TLD serves the Sport community, which is defined at the highest level for the purposes of this application as being primarily represented through International, Regional and National Sports Federations. The potential community of individuals and organizations that associate themselves with sports is much broader, therefore SportAccord has engaged the International Sports Federations and the International Olympic Committee to comprise a Policy Advisory Board (PAB) to assist in deciding how best to responsible expand the universe of potential registrants in the .SPORT gTLD.

Sport is defined as activity by individuals or teams of individuals, aiming at healthy exertion, improvement in performance, perfection of skill, fair competition and desirable shared experience between practitioners as well as organizers, supporters and audience.

Under the policy principles of the .sport TLD, membership in the Sport community is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the right to hold a given domain name ending in .sport. The .sport TLD and any domain under it must be used in the interest of the entire Sport community.

Registrations under .sport are restricted to bona-fide members of the Sport community and subject to the further requirement that the registrant’s role in the Sport community, as well as the registrant’s use of the registered domain name, must be:
(i) generally accepted as legitimate; and
(ii) beneficial to the cause and the values of Sport; and
(iii) commensurate with the role and importance of the
registered domain name; and
(iv) in good faith at the time of registration and thereafter.

Furthermore, registrants in .sport must be recognized performers, organizers, promoters or supporters of federated Sport, or belong to categories of registrants recognized by the .sport Policy Advisory Board (PAB).

The Sport community’s organizational efforts for the present .sport TLD application and the subsequent operation of the TLD are built upon the community’s existing organizational structures, capabilities and principles.

As a global association of International Sports Federations, SportAccord will take the operational responsibility for .sport in line with SportAccord’s existing coordinating or facilitating functions in many sport-related areas.

In order to achieve as broad and inclusive representation of all Sport community stakeholders as possible, policy development for the .sport Internet TLD will be based upon advice provided by a Policy Advisory Board (PA B) specifically established for this purpose. The PAB will provide policy advice for .sport regarding eligibility, name selection, acceptable use, compliance enforcement on the basis of the .sport Policy Principles described under (A) above.

The key point is participation in, or organization of, sports activities. This means that membership in the Sport community is based on the respective person or entity’s will and actions. The .sport TLD is restricted to bona fide members of the Sport community. However, as described in the Policy Principles, being a member of the Sport community does not in itself convey a right to register a .sport domain name. Furthermore, beyond the question of eligibility, there are community-based conditions of content and use.

The PAB includes representatives from International Sports Federations and other sport stakeholders. It is also open to the participation of interested parties not represented by SportAccord.

20.a.1 Delineation

The Sport community relates to organizers, performers, sponsors and viewers of sport.

The wish to hold a .sport domain name is not in itself a sufficient indication of a bona fide membership of the sport community.

Furthermore, if a person has been able to register a domain name in .sport, this does not in itself entitle that person to register any other imaginable .sport domain name.

20.a.2 Organization

The Sport community is finely structured and strongly organized. It stands as a key example of the bottom-up organizational paradigm, achieving local and worldwide organizational structures in most sports disciplines. The sport community organizes itself naturally and spontaneously by discipline, between disciplines and between different forms of community participation. The organization of the Sport community is not driven by central command, but rather based on voluntary integration.

Within sport disciplines, the Sport community mostly has voluntary hierarchical structures with amateurs and professional individuals organized in clubs; clubs being grouped into leagues and national federations, national federations being grouped in regional and International Sports Federations.

Sports governing bodies are essential components of the organization of the Sports community. They include International Federations (IFs), Regional and National federations or leagues for most sports disciplines. Many clubs and schools also play a governing body role, often involving more than one sport discipline. Shared organizational resources across sports disciplines exist on the national, regional and global levels, addressing common goals and concerns. (Examples are shared sport infrastructure and events, shared communications infrastructure, shared terminology and shared values.)

On an international level, Sports governing bodies collaborate through global associations of International Sport Federations (such as SportAccord), the organizations of the Olympic Movement and well as special-purpose bodies for specific shared concerns.

Institutions such as IOC (International Olympic Committee), ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations), AIWOF (Association of International Winter Olympic Federations) and ARISF (Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations) unite and support some or all of the International Federations.

SportAccord is the widest representative body, with 90 International Federations (both Olympic and non Olympic) and 15 associated members (such as International Federation of University Sports, Commonwealth Games).

20.a.3 Community Establishment

The sport has existed as a cause and as an organized community as long has humanity. The strength of the sport global community is exemplified by the fact that even though sport often related to military disciplines, it was possible for enemies to compete in sport events.

The Sport community has always been a link between cultures. Its activities and organizational structures have naturally evolved over time and continue to evolve. The constant evolution of the values of Sport towards an ever greater respect for life, human dignity and diversity demonstrates the timeless nature of the Sport community.

Overall, the quest for improvement (illustrated but not constrained by the motto “citius, altius, fortius” – “faster, higher, stronger”) has always been common to all members of the sport community.

As the organization of Sport is voluntary and natural, there are many community organizations. SportAccord is one of the key a global community institution of the Sport community.

20.a.4. Size of Community

The Sport community is present in all countries and cultures of the world. Its formal organizational structures involve:
- over 100 International Federations
- 15,000 National Federations
- 5 million sport clubs
- Tens or hundreds of million athletes, depending on the definitions.