Internet Society

Summary

Internet Society is a voluntary association^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of voluntary_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Internet Society's field of work was Internet governance^[3].
• Internet Society's field of work was internet access^[4].
• Internet Society's field of work was accessibility^[5].
• Internet Society is in the country of United States^[6].
• Internet Society's instance of is recorded as voluntary association^[7].
• Internet Society's instance of is recorded as charitable organization^[8].
• Internet Society's official language is recorded as French^[9].
• Internet Society's currency is recorded as United States dollar^[10].
• Internet Society's founder is recorded as Vint Cerf^[11].
• Internet Society's founder is recorded as Bob Kahn^[12].
• Internet Society's logo image is recorded as Internet Society logo.svg^[13].
• Internet Society's headquarters location is recorded as Reston^[14].
• Internet Society's chief executive officer is recorded as Andrew Sullivan^[15].
• Internet Society's ISNI is recorded as 0000000120340975^[16].
• Internet Society's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133976499^[17].
• Internet Society's GND ID is recorded as 16223182-9^[18].
• Internet Society's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no92010807^[19].
• Internet Society's child organization or unit is recorded as Public Interest Registry^[20].
• Internet Society's child organization or unit is recorded as Internet Engineering Task Force^[21].
• Internet Society's Commons category is recorded as Internet Society^[22].
• Internet Society's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36013991^[23].
• +1992-12-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Internet Society^[24].
• Internet Society's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cwsb^[25].
• Internet Society's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3616807A^[26].
• Internet Society's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0134677^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Vint Cerf^[11] and Bob Kahn^[12]. +1992-12-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Internet Society^[24].

Identity

Internet Society's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ISOC'}^[28].

Leadership

Internet Society's chief executive officer is recorded as Andrew Sullivan^[15].

Operations

Internet Society's headquarters location is recorded as Reston^[14]. Subsidiaries include Public Interest Registry^[20], a nonprofit organization^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2002^[31], headquartered in Reston^[32] and Internet Engineering Task Force^[21], a standards organization^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1986^[35], headquartered in Fremont^[36].

Industry

Fields of work include Internet governance^[3]; internet access^[4]; and accessibility^[5], an industry^[37].

Why It Matters

Internet Society ranks in the top 4% of voluntary_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]