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Line 44: − The .au ccTLD was established in 1986 and it was delegated to [[Robert Elz]], a network programmer at the University of Melbourne. He served as manager of .au ccTLD in a volunteer capacity. During his management of the ccTLD, it underwent tremendous growth. As a result, eleven [[SLD|second-level domains]] were established under .au, which include asn.au, com.au, conf.au, csiro.au, edu.au, gov.au, id.au, info.au, net.au, org.au, and oz.au.<ref name="iana"></ref>
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==History==
==History==
===Australian Domain Name Administration===
===Australian Domain Name Administration===
The Australian Internet community realized that the responsibility of administering the .au ccTLD can no longer be handled by Mr. Elz alone, due to the increasing number of registrants, and decided to establish a private-sector self-regulatory body capable of administering the ccTLD. The new body would be more accountable to the community through the assistance of the Australian government.<ref name="iana">[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-report-31aug01.html IANA.org, Report]</ref>
The .au ccTLD was established in 1986 and it was delegated to [[Robert Elz]], a network programmer at the University of Melbourne. He served as manager of .au ccTLD in a volunteer capacity. During his management of the ccTLD, it underwent tremendous growth. As a result, eleven [[SLD|second-level domains]] were established under .au, which include asn.au, com.au, conf.au, csiro.au, edu.au, gov.au, id.au, info.au, net.au, org.au, and oz.au.<ref name="iana"></ref>
The Australian Internet community realized that the responsibility of administering the .au ccTLD could no longer be handled by one person alone, due to the increasing number of registrants, and decided to establish a private-sector self-regulatory body capable of administering the ccTLD. The new body would be more accountable to the community through the assistance of the Australian government.<ref name="iana">[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-report-31aug01.html IANA.org, Report]</ref>
In 1997, the '''Australian Domain Name Administration (ADNA)''' was formed to ensure the operations of a functional Internet naming system in Australia for the .au domain. However,the ADNA Board eventually concluded that organization did not have the necessary authority to effectively operate and be accountable to the local Internet community. They decided to seek the assistance of the Australian National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) and the Ministry of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to facilitate the development of an effective Internet industry self-regulatory body and to supervise the transfer of delegation for the administration of the .au domain space to the new organization.<ref name="iana"></ref>
In 1997, the '''Australian Domain Name Administration (ADNA)''' was formed to ensure the operations of a functional Internet naming system in Australia for the .au domain. However,the ADNA Board eventually concluded that organization did not have the necessary authority to effectively operate and be accountable to the local Internet community. They decided to seek the assistance of the Australian National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) and the Ministry of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to facilitate the development of an effective Internet industry self-regulatory body and to supervise the transfer of delegation for the administration of the .au domain space to the new organization.<ref name="iana"></ref>
==.au==
==.au==
The .au ccTLD is one of the top 10 largest country codes in the world, with more than 2.3 million registered domain names as of March 2011, which was up a 600% increase from 2002.<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-08032011/ auDA News Archive]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/01/19/new-report-au-domain-space-brought-half-a-billion-dollars-to-australias-economy-in-2011/ New Report au Domain Space Brought Half a Billion Dollars to Australias Economy in 2011, TheDomains.com]</ref>
The .au ccTLD is one of the top 10 largest country codes in the world, with more than 2.3 million registered domain names as of March 2011, which was up a 600% increase from 2002.<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-08032011/ auDA News Archive]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/01/19/new-report-au-domain-space-brought-half-a-billion-dollars-to-australias-economy-in-2011/ New Report au Domain Space Brought Half a Billion Dollars to Australias Economy in 2011, TheDomains.com]</ref>