← The namespace
Namespace · place-level
.surfersparadise

Down to a single place. The namespace goes as granular as the State needs.

.surfersparadise is proof of scale: the register descends all the way to one locality. Whatever level the State names at, the system already reaches it.

minted · resolving · assignable
01 — Its role

Why a place-level name matters.

Naming is not only statewide. Some services, precincts and programs live at the level of a single place — and deserve an address that precise.

It demonstrates the range. If the register can hold .surfersparadise, it can hold any locality, precinct or district the State chooses to name.

Place-level naming is where digital identity meets the ground.

Precinct-scale identity

A name for a specific place, its services and its programs.

Proof of granularity

The register reaches from the whole State down to one locality.

Extensible

Any place the State needs can be named on the same pattern.

02 — In use

How a place would assign it.

Each name issues beneath .surfersparadise — identity, payment and mail under one root.

Example assignment — .surfersparadiseresolving
example.surfersparadiseidentity
program.surfersparadiseidentity · payment
service.surfersparadiseidentity · payment
agency.surfersparadiseidentity
directory.surfersparadiseidentity
pay.surfersparadisepayment endpoint
03 — The rest of the register

Part of one coherent register.

Each namespace covers a different scale of the State.

Granular, minted, resolving. Held for the State like the rest.

The same three models apply at every scale — from the flagship to a single place.

For the State