<s>
.ph	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
Philippines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
domain	O
registry	O
of	O
the	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
domain	O
is	O
dotPH	O
Domains	O
Inc	O
.	O
dotPH	O
holds	O
and	O
maintains	O
the	O
database	O
of	O
PH	O
domain	O
names	O
,	O
specifically	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
,	O
.com.ph	O
,	O
.net.ph	O
,	O
and	O
.org.ph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrars	I-Application
are	O
not	O
only	O
individuals	O
,	O
businesses	O
,	O
and	O
organizations	O
in	O
the	O
Philippines	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
those	O
in	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
most	O
networks	O
(	O
including	O
EMC	O
)	O
were	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
via	O
UUCP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disini	O
's	O
network	O
had	O
a	O
UUCP	B-Protocol
connection	O
to	O
UUNET	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
network	O
connection	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Disini	O
's	O
credentials	O
as	O
a	O
Computer	O
Science	O
and	O
Electrical	O
Engineering	O
graduate	O
of	O
Caltech	O
and	O
five-year	O
experience	O
in	O
Macintosh	O
Networking	O
&	O
Communications	O
software	O
development	O
in	O
Cupertino	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
became	O
Jon	O
Postel	O
's	O
basis	O
for	O
delegating	O
the	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
domain	O
to	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domain	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
delegated	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
domains	O
have	O
been	O
commercially	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
PHNET	O
Foundation	O
wanted	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
administration	O
of	O
the	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
domain	O
registry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
took	O
charge	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
selling	O
business	O
and	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
domain	O
registry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
launched	O
a	O
flat	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
domain	O
space	O
,	O
enabling	O
people	O
to	O
register	O
domains	O
like	O
"	O
domainname.ph	O
 "	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Philippines	O
and	O
another	O
Philippine	O
company	O
,	O
the	O
launching	O
of	O
the	O
automated	O
online	O
registration	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
the	O
administration	O
of	O
the	O
.ph	B-General_Concept
domain	O
registry	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
dotPH	O
developed	O
a	O
system	O
called	O
the	O
Shared	O
Registry	O
System	O
(	O
SRS	O
)	O
which	O
enabled	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrars	I-Application
and	O
ISP	O
's	O
to	O
manage	O
domains	O
and	O
accept	O
registrations	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
website	O
by	O
connecting	O
to	O
the	O
dotPH	O
registry	O
backend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
downloading	O
and	O
installing	O
on	O
their	O
server	O
a	O
module	O
that	O
does	O
the	O
actual	O
communication	O
with	O
the	O
registry	O
backend	O
using	O
an	O
XML-based	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dotPH	O
currently	O
uses	O
the	O
Extensible	B-Protocol
Provisioning	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
EPP	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
used	O
protocol	O
for	O
communicating	O
between	O
Domain	O
Registries	O
and	O
Registrars	O
,	O
to	O
process	O
domain	O
registrations	O
and	O
renewals	O
.	O
</s>
