Useful links
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ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned names and numbers
(ICAAN) is the non-profit corporation responsible for the management of the
domain name system.
GAC
The Governmental Advisory Committee
(GAC) of ICANN is an advisory committee comprising representatives of national
governments, multinational government organisations and treaty organisations,
and Distinct Economies as recognised in international fora.
RIPE
RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) is a collaborative organisation
open to organisations and individuals,operating wide area IP networks in Europe
and beyond. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the administrative and technical
coordination necessary to enable operation of a pan-European IP network.
IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force is a large open
international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and
researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the
smooth operation of the Internet.
CENTR
The Council of European national top-level domian
registries, such as .uk, .nl, .fr, .es, .de etc
EC-POP
EC-POP is the European Community Panel of Paticipants in
Internet organisation and management.
WIPO
The World Intellectual Property Organisation site on Internet Domain Names
W3C
The World Wide Web consortium was created in October 1994 to
lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols
that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.
ISOC
The Internet SOCiety (ISOC) is a professional
membership society with more than 150 organizational and 6,000 individual
members in over 100 countries. It provides leadership in addressing issues that
confront the future of the Internet, and is the organization home for the groups
responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).
IANA
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
EuroISPA
EuroISPA is the pan-European association of the Internet
services providers associations of the countries of the European Union.
Latest update: 27 May 2003
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