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