Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Summary

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority is a registration authority^[1]. It draws 483 Wikipedia views per month (registration_authority category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's field of work was access^[3].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's field of work was censorship^[4].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's field of work was democracy^[5].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's field of work was digital divide^[6].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's field of work was digital rights^[7].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's field of work was freedom of information^[8].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority is in the country of United States^[9].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's instance of is recorded as registration authority^[10].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[11].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's founder is recorded as Jon Postel^[12].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's operator is recorded as ICANN^[13].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles^[14].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149194762^[15].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's GND ID is recorded as 1154733246^[16].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00004829^[17].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's part of is recorded as ICANN^[18].
• +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority^[19].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lf63^[20].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as vse20251268464^[21].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's official website is recorded as https://www.iana.org/^[22].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Internet Assigned Numbers Authority^[23].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's director / manager is recorded as Joyce K. Reynolds^[24].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Internet-Assigned-Numbers-Authority^[25].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IANA'}^[26].
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's owner of is recorded as example.com^[27].

Body

Founding

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's founder is recorded as Jon Postel^[12]. +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[19].

Identity

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's part of is recorded as ICANN^[18]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IANA'}^[26].

Leadership

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's director / manager is recorded as Joyce K. Reynolds^[24].

Operations

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles^[14]. Its operator is recorded as ICANN^[13].

Industry

Fields of work include access^[3]; censorship^[4]; democracy^[5], a form of government^[28]; digital divide^[6], a social inequality^[29]; digital rights^[7], in Costa Rica^[30]; and freedom of information^[8], a concept^[31].

Why It Matters

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority draws 483 Wikipedia views per month (registration_authority category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]