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.sco (dotSCO) is a proposed top-level domain. It is somewhat unclear whether it is intended to be a national domain for Scotland, or simply for sites in the Scots language.
The campaign was initiated following the successful introduction of .cat for Catalan-speaking community. The .cat domain is officially reserved for those websites which "highlight Catalan language and culture".
The mission statement of the campaign states that:
- "Because the Scots language and culture is a community that we believe should be identified with its own domain on the internet. Under a .SCO domain those organisations, companies and people that express themselves in the Scots language and/or wish to encourage Scots culture will be able to be registered and will be clearly identifiable."
The all-encompassing word "culture" would tend to imply just about anything associated with the nation of Scotland; after all, a nation is definied by its characteristic culture. However it is not clear whether websites in Scotland's other two languages (Scottish English and Scottish Gaelic language) are intended for inclusion.
A survey carried out by the General Register Office for Scotland in 1996 suggested that while 30% of Scots responded "Yes" to the slightly ambiguous question "Can you speak the Scots language?", only 17% responded yes to the clearer question "Can you speak Scots?". On the basis of this survey, the Scottish Executive and Scottish Parliament decided not to include a question about the Scots language in the 2001 Census. The 2001 Census revealed that 31235 Scottish residents out of a population of over 5 million could read, speak and write Gaelic.[http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser/analyser?topicId=4&tableId=&tableName=Knowledge+of+Gaelic&selectedTopicId=&aggregated=false&subject=&tableNumber=&selectedLevelId=&postcode=&areaText=&RADIOLAYER=&actionName=view-results&clearAreas=&stateData1=&stateData2=&stateData3=&stateData4=&debug=&tempData1=&tempData2=&tempData3=&tempData4=&areaId=01&areaId=02&areaId=03&areaId=04&areaId=06&areaId=08&areaId=09&areaId=10&areaId=11&areaId=12&areaId=13&areaId=14&areaId=32&areaId=15&areaId=16&areaId=17&areaId=18&areaId=19&areaId=20&areaId=21&areaId=22&areaId=23&areaId=24&areaId=25&areaId=26&areaId=05&areaId=27&areaId=28&areaId=29&areaId=30&areaId=07&areaId=31&levelId=1
See also
External links
Scotland | Domain names of the United Kingdom | Media in Scotland | Science and technology in Scotland | Generic top-level domains
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