ThaiURL
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ThaiURL is a technology enabling the use of Thai domain names in applications that have been modified to support this technology.
It is one of several such systems that were marketed before the advent of IDNA.
Traditionally, the Domain Name System (DNS
), does not allow domain names with Thai characters. The only characters allowed in DNS names, as specified in RFC 1034 “Domain names - concepts and facilities” and RFC 1035 “Domain names - implementation and specification”, are
The ThaiURL domain naming standard is based on Thai characters and symbols as specified in TIS 620
-2533: Standard for Thai Character Codes for Computers.
This kind of URL encoding is not a national standard, but rather a system used by the domain name registrar ThaiURL.com. It is one of many localized naming schemes that predate standardisation of Internationalized domain name
s (IDNA); at the moment the two systems appear to coexist. The ccTLD
name registrar for .th
, thnic.net, supports IDNA; ThaiURL registers .com names.
It is one of several such systems that were marketed before the advent of IDNA.
Traditionally, the Domain Name System (DNS
Domain name system
The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
), does not allow domain names with Thai characters. The only characters allowed in DNS names, as specified in RFC 1034 “Domain names - concepts and facilities” and RFC 1035 “Domain names - implementation and specification”, are
- Letter: “a” through “z” (case insensitive)
- Digit: “0” through “9”
- Hyphen (-)
The ThaiURL domain naming standard is based on Thai characters and symbols as specified in TIS 620
TIS 620
Thai Industrial Standard 620-2533, commonly referred to as TIS-620, is the most common character set and character encoding for the Thai language. The standard is published by the Thai Industrial Standards Institute , an organ of the Ministry of Industry under the Royal Thai Government, and is...
-2533: Standard for Thai Character Codes for Computers.
This kind of URL encoding is not a national standard, but rather a system used by the domain name registrar ThaiURL.com. It is one of many localized naming schemes that predate standardisation of Internationalized domain name
Internationalized domain name
An internationalized domain name is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label that is displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in a language-specific script or alphabet, such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi or the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacritics,...
s (IDNA); at the moment the two systems appear to coexist. The ccTLD
Country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
name registrar for .th
.th
.th is the Internet country code top-level domain for Thailand. It is administered by T.H.NIC Co., Ltd. , formerly known as Thai Network Information Center Foundation....
, thnic.net, supports IDNA; ThaiURL registers .com names.