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Re: Registered Namespace prefixes

• To: simonstl@s... (Simon St.Laurent)
• Subject: Re: Registered Namespace prefixes
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:24:54 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l... (XML Dev)
• In-reply-to: <r01050400-1024-DA6AE5B949CD11D787340003937A08C2@[192.168.124.11]> from "Simon St.Laurent" at Feb 26, 2003 04:04:10 PM

Simon St.Laurent scripsit:

> It's not clear that the "IANA function" in general has been contracted
> to ICANN - the message appears to be only about country codes.  I'd
> certainly like clarification on the status of the IANA generally,
> though.

Thus spake RFC 3160, the Tao of the IETF (2001 but still current):

#   The core registrar for the IETF's activities is the IANA.  Many
#   Internet protocols require that someone keep track of protocol items
#   that were added after the protocol came out.  Typical examples of the
#   kinds of registries needed are for TCP port numbers and MIME types.
#   The IAB has designated the IANA organization to perform these tasks,
#   and the IANA's activities are financially supported by ICANN, the
#   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

Who pays the piper calls the tune, and the Commerce Department is simply
reaffirming the status quo.

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