- IAHC
The IAHC (International Ad Hoc Committee) was one of the first organizations to concern itself with the allocation of
Internet domain names .Member organizations
*
Internet Society (ISOC)
*Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
*Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
*Federal Networking Council (FNC)
*Internationale Fernmeldeunion (ITU)
*International Trademark Association (INTA)
*World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)Results
The group's work culminated in a "Memorandum of Understanding". It describes a procedure of allocation and administration of domain names, specifically
top-level domains . The "Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding" (gTLD-MoU) can be signed by any organization, and has been by around 226 groups so far.The organization was dissolved on 1 May 1997. It has been replaced by other groups such as
ICANN .Proposed TLDs
The IAHC proposed seven new top-level domains:
The gTLD-MoU interim Policy Oversight Committee replaced
.store
with.shop
.Nothing became of any of these proposals. (The
that now exists came from a later proposal under ICANN.).info External links
* [http://www.iahc.org Official website]
* [http://www.gtld-mou.org Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding]
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