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AFNIC is responsible for managing some of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) and assigning responsibility of these to service providers of the French national territory.

AFNIC is responsible for managing some of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) and assigning responsibility of these to service providers of the French national territory.

Currently AFNIC handles the following ccTLDs of France and its overseas territories [13]:

Currently AFNIC handles the following ccTLDs of France and its overseas territories:

* .fr- France

* .fr- France

'''ICANN:'''

'''ICANN:'''

AFNIC vows to participate actively to coordinate Internet related activities at a global level. In this effort AFNIC provides support in creation of ccNSO (Country Code Names Supporting Organization), an organization which handles issues related to ccTLDs from a global perspective <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about ccsno.icann.org]</ref>. This organization represents ccTLDs at ICANN. AFNIC provided technical support to DNSO, which is ICANN’s supporting organization, till July 2003. AFNIC also provides support to ICANN’s working groups, to improve naming quality, operational exchanges between ccTLD registries and internet stability.<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/international/icann]</ref>

AFNIC vows to participate actively to coordinate Internet related activities at a global level. In this effort AFNIC provides support in creation of ccNSO (Country Code Names Supporting Organization), an organization which handles issues related to ccTLDs from a global perspective <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about ccsno.icann.org]</ref>. This organization represents ccTLDs at ICANN. AFNIC provided technical support to DNSO, which is ICANN’s supporting organization, till July 2003. AFNIC also provides support to ICANN’s working groups, to improve naming quality, operational exchanges between ccTLD registries and internet stability.<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/international/icann ICANN]</ref>

== Research and development ==

== Research and development ==

* Internet of Things (IOT) where different objects communicate directly or indirectly with devices which connect to the internet and the Object Naming Service (ONS) which is a standard that enables EPCs (Electronic Product Codes) present in RFID tags to be linked to the internet.<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/ons IOT and ONS]</ref>

* Internet of Things (IOT) where different objects communicate directly or indirectly with devices which connect to the internet and the Object Naming Service (ONS) which is a standard that enables EPCs (Electronic Product Codes) present in RFID tags to be linked to the internet.<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/ons IOT and ONS]</ref>

* ENUM (tElephone NUmber Mapping) is a method of converting a telephone number into an internet domain name by querying a Domain Name Server (DNS).<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/enum ENUM]</ref>

* ENUM (tElephone NUmber Mapping) is a method of converting a telephone number into an internet domain name by querying a Domain Name Server (DNS).<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/enum ENUM]</ref>

* IPv6 the latest version of Internet Protocol.<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/ipv6 ]</ref>

* IPv6 the latest version of Internet Protocol.<ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/ipv6 IPv6]</ref>

* Generic NIC, a website with an objective of providing help with the formation or reorganization of bodies managing the internet Top Level Domain. <ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/nic-generique Generic NIC]</ref>

* Generic NIC, a website with an objective of providing help with the formation or reorganization of bodies managing the internet Top Level Domain. <ref>[http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/r_d/nic-generique Generic NIC]</ref>