IANA

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Internet governance organization standards organization

IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) is the global organization responsible for coordinating key elements of the Internet’s infrastructure, including IP address allocation, DNS root zone management, and protocol parameter assignments.

Aliases (2)

IANA functions operator ×1
IANA protocol parameter functions ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Internet governance organization → standards organization →
abbreviation	IANA →
associatedWith	Internet Architecture Board → Internet Engineering Task Force → Regional Internet Registries → root server operators →
coordinatesWith	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers →
createdFor	coordination of global Internet unique identifiers →
field	Internet governance → Internet infrastructure → networking →
fullName	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority →
governsResourceType	DNS root zone → IP address blocks → autonomous system numbers → character sets registries → language tag registries → media types (MIME types) → port numbers → protocol parameters →
historicalOperator	University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute →
identifierTypeManaged	Internet number resources → domain name system root identifiers →
language	English →
location	Los Angeles, California, United States →
operatedBy	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers →
oversightHistory	was historically under U.S. government contract via NTIA →
parentOrganization	ICANN →
responsibleFor	DNS root zone management → global IP address allocation coordination → maintenance of protocol parameter registries for IETF standards → management of IP multicast address space → management of Internet protocol registries → management of autonomous system (AS) number registries → management of special-purpose IP address registries → management of top-level domains in the DNS root zone → port number assignments → protocol parameter assignments → time zone database (tz database) oversight →
roleInDNS	maintains the authoritative DNS root zone database →
roleInIPAddresses	allocates IP address blocks to Regional Internet Registries →
roleInProtocols	maintains protocol parameter registries defined by IETF standards →
sector	information technology → telecommunications →
standardizationPartner	IAB → IETF →
transitionEvent	IANA stewardship transition completed in 2016 →
website	https://www.iana.org →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
.kg → .na → .ng → .no →	assignedBy
Arthur David Olson → Paul Eggert →	associatedWith
America/Regina → RFC 4250 →	maintainedBy
IETF Secretariat → Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD community →	relatedTo
IANA →	abbreviation
RIPE NCC →	coordinatesWith
IANA Naming Function Contract ("IANA protocol parameter functions") →	excludes
IANA Naming Function Contract ("IANA functions operator") →	performedBy
ISO/IEC 8859-1 →	registeredWith
Olson database →	standardizedBy
.ng →	zoneFileMaintainedBy