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    The document discusses the "Internet Ecosystem", which refers to the organizations and communities that help develop and evolve the Internet through open standards and processes. The ecosystem includes technologists, engineers, and standards bodies; organizations that manage global addressing; network operators and infrastructure providers; internet users; educators; and policy makers. Key organizations mentioned are the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function, and Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).

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    The document discusses the "Internet Ecosystem", which refers to the organizations and communities that help develop and evolve the Internet through open standards and processes. The ecosystem includes technologists, engineers, and standards bodies; organizations that manage global addressing; network operators and infrastructure providers; internet users; educators; and policy makers. Key organizations mentioned are the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function, and Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).

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    Our Internet Ecosystem

    The “Internet Ecosystem” is a term used to describe the organizations and communities
    that help the Internet work and evolve.These organizations share common values for
    the open development of the Internet.The Internet Ecosystem term implies that the rapid
    and continued development and adoption of Internet technologies can be attributed to
    the involvement of a broad range of actors; open, transparent, and collaborative
    processes; and the use of products and infrastructure with dispersed ownership and
    control.

    Organizations that make up the Internet Ecosystem include:

    Technologists, engineers, architects, creatives, organizations such as the Internet


    Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) who help
    coordinate and implement open standards.
    Global and local Organizations that manage resources for global addressing
    capabilities such as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
    Numbers (ICANN), including its operation of the Internet Assigned Numbers
    Authority (IANA) function, Regional Internet Registries (RIR), and Domain Name
    Registries and Registrars.
    ICANN managed the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) under
    contract to the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and pursuant
    to an agreement with the IETF. ICANN was incorporated in California on
    September 30, 1998, with entrepreneur and philanthropist Esther Dyson as
    founding chairwoman.
    Operators, engineers, and vendors that provide network infrastructure services such as
    Domain Name Service (DNS) providers, network operators, and Internet Exchange
    Points (IXPs)
    Internet Users who use the Internet to communicate with each other and offer services
    Educators that teach others and build capacity for developing and using Internet
    technologies, such as multilateral organizations, educational institutions, and
    governmental agencies
    Policy and Decision Makers that provide local and global policy development and
    governance.

    Sources:

    https://www.internetsociety.org/internet/who-makes-it-work

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN

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