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| ==Organizations== | | ==Organizations== |
− | *[[APTLD]] – the Association for ccTLD registries in the Asia Pacific region | + | *[[APNIC]] – the RIR for the Asia Pacific region. |
− | *[[ARIN]] | + | [[APTLD]] – the Association for ccTLD registries in the Asia Pacific region |
| + | *[[AFRINIC]] – the RIR for Africa and the Indian Ocean |
| + | *[[ARIN]] – the RIR for Canada, the United States, and some islands in the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean |
| *[[ASIP]] – a non-profit organization, based in Jordan, for developing and modernizing intellectual property laws and systems in Arab countries. | | *[[ASIP]] – a non-profit organization, based in Jordan, for developing and modernizing intellectual property laws and systems in Arab countries. |
| *[[CORE]] – The Internet Council of Registrars is a non-profit organization formed in 1996 based on the gTLD-MoU to assist the launch of domain name spaces. | | *[[CORE]] – The Internet Council of Registrars is a non-profit organization formed in 1996 based on the gTLD-MoU to assist the launch of domain name spaces. |
| *[[EFF]] – The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a donor-funded non-profit organization that defends free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights. | | *[[EFF]] – The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a donor-funded non-profit organization that defends free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights. |
| *[[ICANN]] – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a global multistakeholder organization created by the U.S. Department of Commerce to coordinate the DNS, IP addresses, and autonomous system numbers and manage these evolving systems and their underlying protocols. | | *[[ICANN]] – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a global multistakeholder organization created by the U.S. Department of Commerce to coordinate the DNS, IP addresses, and autonomous system numbers and manage these evolving systems and their underlying protocols. |
− | *[[IGF]] | + | *[[IGF]] – |
| *[[ISOC]] – The Internet Society | | *[[ISOC]] – The Internet Society |
− | *[[ISPAI]] Internet Servers Providers Association of Ireland or Internet Service Providers Association India | + | *[[ISPAI]]– Internet Servers Providers Association of Ireland or Internet Service Providers Association India |
| + | *[[LACNIC]] – the RIR for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| *[[PTI]] – the organization responsible for the operation of the IANA Functions (coordinating the Internet's unique identifiers) | | *[[PTI]] – the organization responsible for the operation of the IANA Functions (coordinating the Internet's unique identifiers) |
| *[[Regional Internet Registry]] – a not-for-profit international organization that allocates IP address space (IPv4 and IPv6) and the Autonomous System numbers within a geographical region. | | *[[Regional Internet Registry]] – a not-for-profit international organization that allocates IP address space (IPv4 and IPv6) and the Autonomous System numbers within a geographical region. |
− | *[[RIPE NCC]] the RIR for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, allocating Internet number resources and maintaining a registry of them for its service region. | + | *[[RIPE NCC]] – the RIR for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia |
| *[[US ISPA]] – United States Internet Service Providers Association | | *[[US ISPA]] – United States Internet Service Providers Association |
| *[[WIPO]] - World Intellectual Property Organization | | *[[WIPO]] - World Intellectual Property Organization |