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