The Short Registration Form

This document describes the short registration form for domains in the top level Internet domains of TC, VG, and MS. This form is primarily designed for individuals who want to register and domain and use it. Corporate customers area welcome to use this form, but might prefer a longer form instead.

Please note

• Names may be registered in these zones by filling in the form then emailing it to new@adamsnames.com.
• You must include the terms and conditions when you submit the form, otherwise it will not be recognized.
• At present the registration robot does not understand MIME attachments: you should cut and paste the form into the body of your message, taking care not to disturb its format.

There are five sections to the registration form, but completing the form should not be particularly difficult. Four of the five sections deal with the domain itself. The remaining one registers a person who is responsible for the domain. If you have already registered a domain in TC, VG, or MS then you are encouraged to refer to the existing contact rather than register a new one.

Object IDs

Every object in the database, be it a domain or a contact, has a unique ID. When your registration is processed you will be told which objects have been registered, and their corresponding IDs. To avoid confusion with other domain databases, notably the Internic whois database, each ID's suffix denotes the domain in which the object is registered.

Protecting the data

Clearly it is important that only authorized people can make changes to the domain. To this end, each object in the database is protected by a password. By default, a new password is generated for each object registered, but objects can share passwords if this is more convenient. For example, you might want to use the same password to protect all of your domains.

Passwords are stored in objects called guardians, which are stored in the rwhois database alongside the contacts and domains. If you want an object to share the guardian of an existing object, you should complete the relevant field in the form; example of this are shown below. Like other objects in the database, every guardian has an ID. You should always quote the ID of the guardian and not the password itself.

Section 1: Action

1.  Purpose/Description.............: New Registration

Section 2: Domains to register

This section should contain the complete names of the domain that you wish to register (e.g. foo.tc). e.g. to register foo.tc:

Domain(s) to Register (repeat as required)
2a. Complete Domain Names...........: foo.tc

Section 3: Domain Information

This section should contain the records to be placed in the DNS for the domain. Often the top level domain delegates each subdomain to two or more nameservers. The example below shows a domain delegated to two servers, ns1.foo.net and ns2.foo.net:

Domain Information
3a. Nameserver name (repeat if required): ns1.foo.net.
3a. Nameserver name (repeat if required): ns2.foo.net.
3b. A records (repeat if required)......:
3c. MX records (repeat if required).....:
3d. TXT record (optional)...............:

Unlike other registries we do not restrict you to NS resource records; you can also add A, MX, and TXT records or any mixture of these. This might be particularly useful if you just wish to just reserve a name rather then setting up your own nameservers, it is enough to simply specify a text record e.g.:

Domain Information
3a. Nameserver name (repeat if required):
3b. Nameserver address (if in domain)...:
3c. A records (repeat if required)......:
3d. MX records (repeat if required).....:
3e. TXT record (optional)...............: Reserved by ACME Inc.

Another popular use of this is to point the domain at a webserver. e.g. to make www.foo.tc, and foo.tc both point at a webserver with IP address 123.234.45.56:

Domain Information
3a. Nameserver name (repeat if required):
3b. Nameserver address (if in domain)...:
3c. A records (repeat if required)......: 123.234.45.56
3c. A records (repeat if required)......: 123.234.45.56:www
3d. MX records (repeat if required).....:
3e. TXT record (optional)...............: 

• A records must be an internet address in dotted-quad format.
• MX records must contain the canonical name of the host, then a colon, and then the priority of the server e.g. joanna.william.org:10.
• Records for names inside the domain can be added; simply add the subname of the record after a colon.
• No more than six records for each domain is allowed.

The names provided for the nameservers should be the canonical name of the machine. It is not necessary to supply the IP address of the nameservers, but if they lie inside the delegated domain you will need to supply A records e.g.:

Domain(s) to Register (repeat as required)
2a. Complete Domain Names...........: foo.tc

Domain Information
3a. Nameserver name (repeat if required): ns1.foo.tc.
3a. Nameserver name (repeat if required): ns2.foo.tc.
3b. A records (repeat if required)......: 123.45.67.89:ns1
3b. A records (repeat if required)......: 123.45.76.89:ns2
3c. MX records (repeat if required).....:
3d. TXT record (optional)...............:

Section 4: Additional Information

This section is entirely optional. The first field allows extra information to be saved in the database which is not reflected in the DNS records. Typically this might be an URL to a related domain.

If you have previously registered a domain with us, then you will probably want to use the same password to protect both domains. To do this enter the ID of the guardian protecting the original domain in field 4b. Do not include the password itself, but the ID of the guardian. This will be akin to

xyz5726.ms

Sections 5: The contact

5a. Existing ID.....................: mxm5480.tc
or
5b. Name............................:
5c. Address (repeat as required)....:
5c. Address (repeat as required)....:
5c. Address (repeat as required)....:
5c. Address (repeat as required)....:
5d. Country Code (2 letter).........:
5e. Phone number....................:
5f. Email address...................:
5g. Fax number (optional)...........:
5h. See-Also (optional).............: 
5i. Guardian ID (optional)..........:

Registering a new contact

Organization Using Domain Name (complete EITHER 5a OR 5b - 5h).
5a. Existing ID.....................:
or
5b. Name............................: Mr Fred Flintstone
5c. Address (repeat as required)....: 1, The Cave
5c. Address (repeat as required)....: Bedrock
5c. Address (repeat as required)....: Arkansas
5c. Address (repeat as required)....: 12345
5d. Country Code (2 letter).........: US
5e. Phone number....................: (123) 456 7890
5f. Email address...................: fred@flintstone.tc
5g. Fax number (optional)...........: 
5h. See-Also (optional).............: http://www.flintstone.tc/
5i. Guardian ID (optional)..........:

Most of this should be fairly obvious. The major difference between our form and that of some other registeries is that we impose structure on neither the name, nor the address of the contact. Beyond this:

• The Country Code should be the two-digit ISO country code.
• Telephone and fax numbers should include the international dialling code.

As with the domain record options are provided to record additional information, and to share the password protecting the contact with an existing record.

You are reminded that failure to supply accurate contact information can lead the the removal of your domain.