In message , at 00:04:33 on
Wed, 15 Mar 2006, James Farrar remarked:
.ac.uk remains, and is for higher/further education institutions as it
always was.

Right.

And museums, right?

The rules are at:

http://www.ja.net/services/connectio...n/registering-
ac/eligibility/index.html

(Note, it is JANET, not Nominet, who administer ac.uk)

Also:
"Note: The approval system in place prior to 1 August 1996 gave
rise to a number of anomalies whereby names were accepted which
do not conform to current rules as to eligibility and format.
These anomalies could not be rectified retrospectively by UKERNA
and the names registered remain in use. The existence of these
names does not set any precedent governing the consideration of
new applications."

http://www.ja.net/services/connectio...ain/index.html
--
Roland Perry