| Like URNs, NAANs are registered with the IANA, and represent the top level namespace within the ARK scheme. |
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| The IANA contract does not directly set the policies by which it operates. |
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| While a number of URN namespaces have been registered with the IANA, URN-based schemes have yet to be widely implemented because of a lack of consensus on a standard resolution system. |
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| Historically the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, IANA, and now ICANN, has borne the overall responsibility for the administration of these names. |
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| The only external accountability that ICANN currently has is to the US government under the JPA and the IANA contract, but this provides only for unilateral accountability to a single government. |
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| The policy and process are also reflected in IANA reports that illustrate many of the considerations made in deciding whether or not to re-delegate. |
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| Changes to root zone information are authorized by the Department of Commerce according to the terms of the contract between ICANN and the USG Department of Commerce for IANA functions. |
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| The IANA is the central coordinating body for assigning unique values for parameters such as Internet addresses, domain names, protocol numbers and port numbers, in relation to all the Internet protocols. |
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| He added that funding is needed to overhaul the IANA management systems and hire new personnel. |
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| The IANA is not in the business of deciding what is and what is not a country. |
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| Because of this international recognition, on 16 September, 1996, Keith Szlamp made a request to IANA to make it a recognised Internet dialect. |
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| Perhaps most importantly, IANA allows nurse faculty worldwide to access an extensive range of educational resources. |
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| Iana Churikova, television anchorwoman, balloted. |
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