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List of .gov.uk domain names

Summary

Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

Licence
UK Open Government Licence

Verification
automatically awarded

Release Date
16 October 2012
Modified Date
10 May 2014
Update Frequency
annual
Publishers
Cabinet Office transparency-co@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk
Keywords
.gov.uk domain names, Administration, Government

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Description

The UK Government manages the .gov.uk domain name registry in order to signify digital services that are part of the administration of the state, so that they can be identified as authoritative and trustworthy. The rules governing which organisations are eligible to register .gov.uk domain names and those names that may be used are set out in Naming and registering websites and social media channels. Public sector bodies may register .gov.uk domain names for a variety of purposes: Email only purposes Websites, including those for campaigns, education, information and transactions Page redirection (e.g. for alternative spellings of domain names) To maintain access to information on the UK Government Website Archive Domain registration is requested via an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the technical administrators of the .gov.uk second level domain, JANET(UK). JANET(UK) acts as the domain name registry, holding information on which domain names are registered and who owns them on behalf of Cabinet Office. Cabinet Office is responsible for approving requests for new domain names and any appeals. The .gov.uk domain name approvals and appeals process is described online. About the list of.gov.uk domains The list of.gov.uk domain names is available in CSV format with the following columns: Domain Name: the domain name registered for use. If intended for use with a Web browser, this should work with or without a preceding ‘www.’ Owner: the name of the organisation that owns the domain name, for example a central government department or local authority.

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  • The rights statement is at

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  • There are

    yes, and the rights are all held by the same person or organisation Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • This data contains

    no data about individuals Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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  • The data appears in this collection

    http://data.gov.uk Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • This data changes

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Technical Information

  • Releases of this data are listed at

    http://data.gov.uk/api/rest/package/list-of-gov-uk-domain-names Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • This data is

    machine-readable Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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    a standard open format Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

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