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