Generic Names Supporting Organization

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ICANN supporting organization policy development body

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) is an ICANN policy-development body responsible for creating and recommending global policies for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the internet.

Aliases (1)

Domain Name Supporting Organization ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ICANN supporting organization → policy development body →
abbreviation	GNSO → ICANN →
composition	Nominating Committee–appointed councilors → contracted parties house → non-contracted parties house →
country	United States →
decisionMakingProcess	bottom-up consensus-based policy development process →
field	domain name system policy → generic top-level domains → internet governance →
governs	policy for generic top-level domains →
hasConstituency	Business Constituency → Intellectual Property Constituency → Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency → Non-Commercial Users Constituency → Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency →
hasPart	GNSO Constituencies → GNSO Council → GNSO Stakeholder Groups → GNSO Working Groups →
hasStakeholderGroup	Commercial Stakeholder Group → Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group → Registrars Stakeholder Group → Registries Stakeholder Group →
headquartersLocation	California → Los Angeles → United States →
inception	2003 →
jurisdiction	California nonprofit public benefit corporation law →
language	English →
mainOrgan	GNSO Council →
meetingType	public meetings at ICANN public meetings →
parentOrganization	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers →
participationModel	open to anyone with an interest in gTLD policy →
partOf	ICANN multistakeholder model →
produces	consensus policy recommendations for gTLDs →
purpose	to coordinate policy development for gTLDs through a bottom-up multistakeholder process → to develop and recommend to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains →
relatedOrganization	Address Supporting Organization → Country Code Names Supporting Organization →
replaced	Domain Name Supporting Organization →
replaces	Domain Name Supporting Organization →
reportsTo	ICANN Board of Directors →
scope	gTLD policy → generic top-level domains →
shortName	GNSO →
website	https://gnso.icann.org → https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gnso-2012-02-25-en →
worksOnPolicyArea	WHOIS and registration data policy → gTLD registration abuse policies → inter-registrar transfer policy → new gTLD program policy → rights protection mechanisms for gTLDs →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Country Code Names Supporting Organization →	collaboratesWith
ICANN Bylaws →	defineRoleOf
ICANN Supporting Organizations →	hasMember
Generic Names Supporting Organization ("Domain Name Supporting Organization") →	replaces
ALAC →	worksWith