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