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Internet regulation - domains

1. About.com: Internet Industry
2. ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
3. InterNIC
4. ISC Internet Domain Survey
5. JANET(UK)
6. NetNames: International Domain Name Registry
7. Nominet UK Network Information Centre

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About.com: Internet Industry

Offers original articles and features about the Internet industry, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include associations, business issues, broadcasting, domain registration, electronic commerce, history of the Internet, innovations, legal resources, news resources, online journals, reference services and trading, trade fairs and statistics.
     Author: About.com
     Subjects: internet commerce, internet history, internet infrastructure, internet news, internet regulation - domains, internet regulation - law, internet regulation - standards, internet security, internet usage data
     DeweyClass: 004.678
     Resource type: forum, index, news

ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Group responsible for IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions in the US. Provides access to corporate policies, calendar of events, notes and minutes of meetings and advisory committees.
     Author: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
     Subjects: internet regulation - domains, internet regulation - standards
     DeweyClass: 004.678
     Resource type: documents

InterNIC

The InterNIC is a cooperative activity between the National Science Foundation, Network Solutions and AT&T.; It supports registration and Net Scout services.
     Author: InterNIC
     Subjects: internet regulation - domains
     DeweyClass: 004.678
     Resource type: documents

ISC Internet Domain Survey

The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. Survey data is collected and published quarterly.
     Author: Internet Systems Consortium
     Subjects: internet regulation - domains, internet users
     DeweyClass: 004.678
     Resource type: reference data

JANET(UK)

Manages the operation and development of the JANET network, which links the UK’s education and research organisations to each other, as well as to the rest of the world through links to the global Internet. One of its tasks is to ensure that the JANET community is kept up to date with networking developments by organising workshops and conferences to cover either general networking issues or more specific topics, for example, Wireless or IPv6. It also organises events in conjunction with other organisations.
     Author: JNT Association
     Subjects: internet regulation - access control, internet regulation - domains, internet regulation - law
     DeweyClass: 004.65
     Resource type: documents, news

NetNames: International Domain Name Registry

Details of how to register Internet domain names in the UK, with a search option to find out whether specific domain names are already registered, in the UK or worldwide.
     Author: NetNames
     Subjects: internet regulation - domains
     DeweyClass: 004.678
     Resource type: service

Nominet UK Network Information Centre

Nominet UK is responsible for the registration and maintenance of all .uk domain names on the Internet, which was previously handled by UKERNA.
     Author: Nominet
     Subjects: internet regulation - domains
     DeweyClass: 004.678
     Resource type: documents