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IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). See Postel, Jon, DARPA contracts for IANA functions
IANA Transition Advisory Group (ITAG), 171, 176
IBM Corporation, 82, 84, 85, 124, 136, 143, 151, 156, 166, 168, 171, 203
role in ICANN formation, 169-170, 178, 180, 195
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), 3, 12, 35, 55, 69, 179, 187
at-large directors election, 184, 200-201
authorization of new TLDs, 43, 201-205, 258-259 (see also New toplevel domains)
budget and finances, 189, 195, 196, 203, 207-208, 225
contracts with ccTLDs, 207-208, 225-226
dominant role of management, 181, 198, 203
initial Board selection, 170, 180-181, 183-184
as international regulatory regime, 12, 212, 217-221, 222, 223, 259-260
membership in, 177, 180, 184, 187, 198-200, 221-222
supporting organizations, 176, 183, 196, 206, 215 (see also Domain
Name Supporting Organization)
Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 75, 77, 78, 81, 88, 92, 93, 100, 131, 184
Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), 166, 169, 170, 198
Institutional innovation, 10, 39, 59, 68, 69, 114, 226, 255
efficiency or inefficiency of institutions, 64, 256, 263
and heterogeneity of bargaining parties, 65, 69
ICANN as, 259, 266
technology as catalyst of, 58, 63
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 18, 26-27, 28
INTA. See International Trademark Association
Intellectual property interests, political
influence of, 12, 124, 138, 147, 151, 166, 174, 186, 198, 202, 220, 233
Inter-agency Working Group (U.S. government), 155, 156-158, 160
International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC), 142-146, 148, 155, 157, 158, 171
International Forum on the White Paper (IFWP), 1-5, 175-181, 198, 292
International governmental organizations, 4, 59, 66-67, 147, 186, 220, 221, 243
special protection of names, 238, 239-240
in the White Paper, 205-206
International regimes, 59, 66-67, 212, 223
and private sector actors, 217-218
International Standardization Organization (ISO), 80, 83
International Telecommunication Union, 4, 18, 80, 82, 95, 138, 166, 170-171, 172, 267, 187
role in gTLD-MoU, 142-146, 151, 157
International Trademark Association (INTA), 124, 139, 142, 166, 234, 237, 241
Internationalized domain names, 224-225
Internet Architecture Board, 90, 110, 134-135, 142, 224
incorporation into Internet Society, 95-96
role in IAHC and gTLD-MoU, 142-143, 145, 147
role in White Paper drafting and ICANN formation, 166, 169, 171, 173, 174, 178, 183
'Internet community' as normative reference group, 3, 91, 137, 145, 163-164, 183, 260
in RFC 1591, 126, 207
role of IETF hierarchy in, 73, 147, 163, 166
Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers. See ICANN
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), 90-93, 98, 99, 103, 163
governance method as model for ICANN, 212-213, 214, 215-216
relationship to Internet Society, 96-97, 134-135
RFCs, 32, 81, 93-94, 213
role in Internet governance politics, 147, 177-178, 224
Internet governance
debate over meaning of term, 7-10, 211
federalism and, 213-215
as institutionalization of name and
number resources, 58
linkage between technical management and regulatory policy, 8-10, 87-88, 103, 212, 218, 222, 231, 234
Internet Society, 2, 4, 86, 96-97, 198, 204, 212
as claimant for control of the root, 129-130, 134-137, 161, 171
origins, 94-96
as participant in IAHC and gTLDMoU, 142-146, 147, 161, 165
as participant in White Paper process, 166, 173, 174, 175, 176, 183, 220
InterNIC, 100-102, 111, 112, 113, 128, 137, 142
IP addresses, 32-37, 76-77
economic aspects of assignment of, 8, 21, 35, 36, 37-38, 87, 96, 226
IPv6 and, 20, 38-39, 135, 226
relationship to DNS, 6, 32, 45
ISO-3166 standard (country codes), 43, 79, 126, 206, 238, 243
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