Moderation - Glossary

Glossary

gTLD: generic Top Level Domain – these are the domains not generally associated with a particular country (aero, .biz, .com, .coop, .edu, .gov, .info, .int, .mil, .museum, .name, .net, .org, and .pro)

ccTLD: country code Top Level Domains – based on ISO 3166 codes, country code domains were created to be used by individual countries as they deemed necessary (.nz, .uk, .de, .jp, .us, etc.)

2LD: Second Level Domain name ( see Question 16)

3LD: Third Level Domain name ( see Question 16)

4LD: Fourth Level Domain name ( see Question 16)

ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (http://www.icann.org/) - the body that, under contract from the US Department of Commerce, has responsibility for the technical infrastructure of the Internet

ISO: International Organisation for Standards (http://www.iso.org/) - the body responsible for global standards; significant in Internet terms because ISO are responsible for allocation of the country codes such as NZ or AU

NZRS: New Zealand Registry Services (http://www.nzrs.net.nz/)- a subsidiary of InternetNZ which manages the .nz registry or ‘master list’ of domain names, enabling browsers to find what domain name corresponds to which IP address.

DNC: Domain Name Commissioner (http://www.dnc.org.nz/) - the Office of the Domain Name Commissioner is an operational office of InternetNZ and is responsible for the ongoing development and monitoring of the competitive registrar market and the environment for registering and managing .nz domain names

InternetNZ: Trading name of the Internet Society of New Zealand (http://www.internetnz.net.nz/), which is a non-profit society established in 1995 to foster coordinated and cooperative development of the Internet in New Zealand. Formerly known as ISOCNZ

MED: Ministry of Economic Development (http://www.med.govt.nz/) - Government department responsible for works across the public sector to advise on, co-ordinate and align activities that stimulate economic development.

NZDF: New Zealand Defence Force (http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/) – moderator of the .mil.nz domain Government department responsible for securing New Zealand against external threat, protecting our sovereign interests, including in the exclusive economic zone, and being able to take action to meet likely contingencies in our strategic area of interest.

GOVIS: Government Information Managers’ Forum (http://www.govis.org.nz/) – former co-moderator of .govt.nz - a voluntary network of information professionals in the central Government segment of the New Zealand public sector. GOVIS was formed so that IS managers from the Government sector would be able to get together and share knowledge. GOVIS exists to represent the interests of its members, and to facilitate the promotion and adoption of the cost-effective use of technology in central government.

ALGIM: Association of Local Government Information Management (http://www.algim.org.nz/) - current co-moderator of .govt.nz - local Government equivalent of GOVIS

SSC: State Services Commission (http://www.ssc.govt.nz/) – current co-moderator of .govt.nz, the Government department responsible for supporting the State Services Commissioner in the discharge of his statutory responsibilities, employing Chief Executives and leading the NZ Public Sector.

Namespace: An area of the DNS defined by a common characteristic, e.g. the .govt.nz namespace is a subset of the .nz namespace

RFC: Request For Comment – the standard format for developing the technical ‘rules’ of the Internet (http://www.rfc-editor.org/)

register: The authoritative record of .nz domain names and the right to use those names, and it is the source of name server information for the .nz DNS.

registrar: A registrar is an entity authorised to access the .nz register to register and maintain domain names on behalf of registrants.

registrant: A registrant is the person, or entity, that holds the right to use a third-level domain within the .nz name space (eg. dnc.org.nz). Often referred to as the nameholder.

Many definitions were sourced from the DNC’s website
Fuller definitions can be found at http://www.dnc.org.nz/story/30094-31-1.html