<s>
.rs	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
Serbia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
that	O
operates	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
Serbian	O
National	O
Internet	O
Domain	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
(	O
RNIDS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
English	O
words	O
ending	O
with	O
the	O
letters	O
"	O
rs	O
"	O
,	O
this	O
domain	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
domain	B-Application
hacks	I-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
websites	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
Rust	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
source	O
code	O
files	O
typically	O
end	O
in	O
.rs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
July	O
2006	O
the	O
Serbian	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
34	O
interested	O
organizations	O
founded	O
the	O
National	O
Internet	O
Domain	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
(	O
RNIDS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
September	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
ISO	O
3166	O
Maintenance	O
Agency	O
decided	O
to	O
allocate	O
RS	O
as	O
the	O
ISO	B-Language
3166-1	I-Language
alpha-2	I-Language
code	O
for	O
Serbia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IANA	O
assigned	O
.rs	B-General_Concept
as	O
the	O
ccTLD	B-Application
for	O
this	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
delegation	O
of	O
name	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
by	O
IANA	O
started	O
in	O
September	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registration	O
of	O
the	O
.rs	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
commenced	O
on	O
10	O
March	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
ICANN	B-Application
also	O
resolved	O
that	O
RNIDS	O
,	O
the	O
operators	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
.rs	B-General_Concept
domain	B-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
,	O
should	O
temporarily	O
operate	O
the	O
former	O
.yu	O
domain	O
until	O
its	O
eventual	O
abolition	O
on	O
or	O
before	O
30	O
September	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
a	O
two-year	O
transition	O
period	O
for	O
existing	O
.yu	O
names	O
to	O
transferred	O
either	O
to	O
.rs	B-General_Concept
for	O
Serbia	O
or	O
to	O
.me	B-Application
for	O
Montenegro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
convention	O
for	O
sites	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
Rust	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
to	O
use	O
.rs	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
,	O
mimicking	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
used	O
for	O
Rust	B-Application
source	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
Brazilian	O
company	O
began	O
marketing	O
.rs	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
towards	O
entities	O
based	O
in	O
Rio	O
Grande	O
do	O
Sul	O
,	O
which	O
shares	O
the	O
RS	O
two-letter	O
code	O
within	O
Brazil	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
BR-RS	O
ISO	O
3166	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
.RS	B-General_Concept
TLD	O
started	O
offering	O
full	O
Serbian	O
Latin	O
letters	O
domain	O
registration	O
(	O
together	O
with	O
other	O
letters	O
used	O
by	O
official	O
minorities	O
groups	O
in	O
Serbia	O
)	O
from	O
10	O
December	O
2018	O
-	O
totalling	O
67	O
letters	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
except	O
in.rs	O
are	O
reserved	O
for	O
legal	O
entities	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
