ICANN Registry Agreement
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The ICANN Registry Agreement is the formal contract that defines the rights, obligations, and operational requirements for organizations running top-level domains within the Internet’s domain name system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ICANN Registry Agreement canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9932969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ICANN Registry Agreement Context triple: [Registries Stakeholder Group, relatedTo, ICANN Registry Agreement]
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A.
ICANN Bylaws
The ICANN Bylaws are the foundational governing rules that define the structure, powers, processes, and accountability mechanisms of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
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B.
ICANN as the IANA Functions Operator
ICANN as the IANA Functions Operator is the organization responsible for performing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, including managing key technical aspects of the global Domain Name System.
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C.
ICANN Supporting Organizations
ICANN Supporting Organizations are key policy-development bodies within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that focus on specific areas of the domain name and IP address system, working alongside advisory committees such as the Governmental Advisory Committee.
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D.
Regional Internet Registries
Regional Internet Registries are organizations responsible for allocating and managing IP address space and related Internet number resources within specific geographic regions.
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E.
ICANN Advisory Committees
ICANN Advisory Committees are specialized bodies within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that provide expert policy advice and recommendations on technical, security, and user-interest issues affecting the global Domain Name System and internet governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ICANN Registry Agreement Target entity description: The ICANN Registry Agreement is the formal contract that defines the rights, obligations, and operational requirements for organizations running top-level domains within the Internet’s domain name system.
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A.
ICANN Bylaws
The ICANN Bylaws are the foundational governing rules that define the structure, powers, processes, and accountability mechanisms of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
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B.
ICANN as the IANA Functions Operator
ICANN as the IANA Functions Operator is the organization responsible for performing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, including managing key technical aspects of the global Domain Name System.
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C.
ICANN Supporting Organizations
ICANN Supporting Organizations are key policy-development bodies within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that focus on specific areas of the domain name and IP address system, working alongside advisory committees such as the Governmental Advisory Committee.
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D.
Regional Internet Registries
Regional Internet Registries are organizations responsible for allocating and managing IP address space and related Internet number resources within specific geographic regions.
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E.
ICANN Advisory Committees
ICANN Advisory Committees are specialized bodies within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that provide expert policy advice and recommendations on technical, security, and user-interest issues affecting the global Domain Name System and internet governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ICANN agreement
ⓘ
contract ⓘ registry agreement ⓘ |
| administeredBy | ICANN Global Domains Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
ICANN-accredited registry operators
ⓘ
gTLD registries ⓘ |
| defines |
compliance obligations
ⓘ
data escrow requirements ⓘ fees payable to ICANN ⓘ obligations of registry operators ⓘ operational requirements for registries ⓘ public interest commitments ⓘ renewal conditions ⓘ reporting requirements ⓘ rights of registry operators ⓘ service level requirements ⓘ specifications and schedules ⓘ termination conditions ⓘ |
| governs | operation of generic top-level domains ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
2012 new gTLD Registry Agreement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Base Registry Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ legacy gTLD Registry Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Specification 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Specification 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 12 ⓘ Specification 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Specification 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| party |
ICANN
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
registry operator ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ICANN Bylaws
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ICANN Consensus Policies NERFINISHED ⓘ ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
DNSSEC support
ⓘ
abuse handling procedures ⓘ compliance with consensus policies ⓘ implementation of rights protection mechanisms ⓘ maintenance of WHOIS or RDAP services ⓘ protection of trademark rights ⓘ zone file access ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Domain Name System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Internet governance ⓘ top-level domains ⓘ |
| usedBy |
.com registry operator
ⓘ
.net registry operator ⓘ .org registry operator ⓘ new gTLD registry operators ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ICANN Registry Agreement Description of subject: The ICANN Registry Agreement is the formal contract that defines the rights, obligations, and operational requirements for organizations running top-level domains within the Internet’s domain name system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.