Editing Domain name registry (section)

== Third-level domains ==
Domain name registries may also impose a system of [[third-level domain]]s on users.
DENIC, the registry for Germany ([[.de]]), does not impose third level domains. AFNIC, the registry for France ([[.fr]]), has some third level domains, but not all registrants have to use them.

Many ccTLDs have moved from compulsory third or fourth-level domain to the availability of registrations of second level domains. Among them are [[.us]] (April 2002), [[.mx]] (May 2009),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=313|title=NIC México anuncia las etapas de la reapertura de dominios directamente bajo.MX.|date=2009-02-10|publisher=NIC México|language=es|access-date=2010-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212173502/http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=313|archive-date=2009-02-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[.co]] (March 2010),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cointernet.co/sites/default/files/documents/CO_Sunrise_Launch%26Registration_1.4.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627212601/http://www.cointernet.co/sites/default/files/documents/CO_Sunrise_Launch%26Registration_1.4.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-27 |title=.CO Launch & Registration Rules |access-date=2012-02-24 }}</ref> and [[.uk]] (June 2014).