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| type = Non-Profit
| type = Non-Profit
| industry = Registrar Association
| industry = [[Registrar]] & [[Registry]] Association
| founded = 1996
| founded = 1996
| headquarters = World Trade Center II<br>
| founders =
29, route de Pré-Bois CH-1215<br>
| ownership =
Geneva, Switzerland
| headquarters = World Trade Center II<br>29, route de Pré-Bois CH-1215<br>Geneva
| country = Switzerland
| country = Switzerland
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| website = [http://www.corenic.org/en Corenic.org]
| website = [http://www.corenic.org/en Corenic.org]
| keypeople =[[Marta Téllez]], Business Development Manager
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| keypeople =[[Marta Téllez]], Business Development Manager<br>[[Roger Gamper]], Operations Manager
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'''CORE''', or the '''Internet Council of Registrars''', is a non-profit organization formed in 1996 based on the Generic Top Level Domains-Memorandum of Understanding ([[gTLD-MoU]]) for assisting the launch of new domain name spaces. It was created to administer the worldwide registration of new domain names on the internet. The original [[TLD]]s involved were: [[.firm]], [[.shop]], [[.web]], [[.arts]], [[.rec]], [[.info]], [[.cat]] and [[.nom]].<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/background.htm Corenic Background]</ref> It is an ICANN accredited registrar.
CORE has developed protocols and methodologies to facilitate domain registration, as well as a multi-protocol Shared Registration System (SRS) and registration gateway. SRS and Gateway help CORE members (Registrars) to register and maintain the domain names for their customers.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/The_CORE_Association.htm corenic.org]</ref> CORE has sponsored the 39th [[ICANN]] Meeting in Cartagena, Columbia, the 38th ICANN Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, and the 36th ICANN Meeting in Seoul, South Korea.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/Registry_News.htm corenic.org] Registry news</ref>
==Registry Solutions==
CORE has supported the launch of 3 TLDs through various registry back-end service packages, those TLDs are [[.aero]] (2002), [[.museum]] (2003), and [[.cat]] (2006).<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/RegistryBackendServices Registry Backend Services, COREnic.org]</ref> CORE currently provides technical registry services for two gTLDs (.cat and .museum) and operates a neutral shared channel connecting registries to registrars for all existing gTLDs and many ccTLDs. CORE is also a registry services provider for the newest round of gTLDs opening up in 2012.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/New_TLDs New TLDs, COREnic.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.corenic.org/The_CORE_Association.htm The CORE Association, COREnic.org]</ref>
==History==
==History==
CORE grew out of the Memorandum of Understanding, or [[MoU]], which involved hundreds of companies and individuals. Those involved believed that the internet was ill-equipped, from its inception as a mainly academic resource, to grow into its role as a community tool that needed more competition and de-regulation.
CORE was launched through work with leaders in internet governance and liberalization, [[ISOC]], and [[IANA]] in the fall 1996. The organization grew out of the gTLD-MoU, which involved hundreds of companies and individuals. Those involved with CORE's foundation believed that the internet was ill-equipped, from its inception as a mainly academic resource, to grow into its role as a community tool that needed more competition and de-regulation. CORE is funded by its registrars, 85 in international markets and 23 in the U.S., all of whom are dedicated to fairness and competition on the internet.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/background.htm Corenic Background]</ref>
CORE is funded by its registrars, 85 in international markets and 23 in the U.S., all of whom are dedicated to fairness and competition on the internet.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/background.htm Corenic Background]</ref>
==Executive Committee==
===New gTLDs===
[[SportAccord]], an international federation of Sporting associations with backing from the Olympic federation, announced ahead of the launch of ICANN's [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]] in January, 2012, that it had chosen CORE as its [[registry]] services provider. Their application, for [[.sport]], was one among many, but they further distinguished themselves by noting that theirs would be a [[Community TLD|Community Application]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/sportaccord-picks-core-for-sport-gtld-bid/ SportAccord Picks Core for Sport gTLD bid]</ref>
[[Marcus Faure]], Chair, [[Global Village GmbH]], Germany.
CORE has applied for 3 New gTLDs on its own behalf, all of them [[IDN]]s: [[.онлайн]], [[.сайт]], [[.بازار]].<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus ViewStatus, gTLDresult.ICANN.org]Retrieved 14 Jan 2013</ref>
==Executive Committee==
The latest CORE Executive Committee elections happened in July, 2012, via electronic vote.
====Current Members====
[[Roland Irle]], [[Kamp Netzwerkdienste GmbH]], Germany.
* [[Iliya Bazlyankov]], Chair, [[Unicart Ltd.]], Bulgaria.
* [[Jordi Hinojosa]], external.
* [[Roland Irle]], [[Kamp Netzwerkdienste GmbH]], Germany.
* [[Werner Staub]], [[Axone SA]], Switzerland.
* [[Jean-Paul Béchu]], [[Nameshield]], France.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/excom.htm CORE Excom]</ref>
[[Werner Staub]], [[Axone SA]], Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/excom.htm CORE Excom]</ref>
==See also==
* [[CORE-MoU]]
==References==
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