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| Domain Name Organisations | | | | Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol |
| By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 | | | | identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country |
| Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading | | | | code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system |
| UK Domain name registration service | | | | management, and root server system management |
| The following are some of the important | | | | functions. |
| organisations in the domain name industry. | | | | IETF |
| ARIN | | | | Internet Engineering Task Force is an open |
| American Registry for Internet Numbers is a a not | | | | international community of network designers, |
| for profit organisation established to handle th | | | | operators, resellers, and researchers concerned with |
| administration and registration of Internet Protocol | | | | the evolution of the Internet architecture and the |
| (IP) addresses in North America, some of the | | | | operation of the Internet. Membership is open to any |
| Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. | | | | interested individual or corporation. |
| CORE | | | | Nominet |
| Internet Council of Registrars is a not for profit | | | | Nominet is the UK TLD registrar responsible for the |
| organisation set up under Swiss law. Core is made up | | | | management and development of the .uk domain |
| of domain name registrars handling domain name | | | | range. |
| registration on behalf of customers. | | | | W3C |
| IANA | | | | World Wide Web Consortium is an international |
| Internet Assigned Numbers Authority is the authority | | | | industry consortium set up to develop common |
| given the initial responsiblity for the oversight of IP | | | | protocols to promote the evolution of the World |
| address allocation, the coordination of the assignment | | | | Wide Web and ensure its smooth operation. Services |
| of protocol parameters provided for in Internet | | | | include; a repository of information about the World |
| technical standards, and the management of the DNS. | | | | Wide Web for developers and users; reference code |
| ICAAN | | | | implementations to promote standards; and various |
| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and | | | | prototype and sample applications to demonstrate |
| Numbers is an internationally organized, non-profit | | | | use of new technology. |