Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération
Company type | Non-profit organization |
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Industry | Internet,Communications |
Founded | 4 December 1997 |
Headquarters | Guyancourt,Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines,France |
Website | www |
Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération(lit. 'French Association for Cooperative Internet Naming',AFNIC) is a non-profit corporation that was created in December 1997 in order to operatecountry code top-level domainnames forFranceand a number of itsoverseas departments and collectivities.These include:
- .fr(forFrance),
- .re(forRéunion Island),
- .yt(forMayotte),
- .tf(forFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands),
- .pm(forSaint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)
- .wf(forWallis-et-Futuna).
As of today, AFNIC is ruled under Decree 2007-162 of 6 February 2007.[1]AFNIC is currently headquartered in the commune ofGuyancourtinSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines,France.[2]
Members[edit]
AFNIC includes public and private Internet players: users (legal entities and individuals), domain name registrars (Internet service providers), international entities and public authoritative representatives.
Missions[edit]
AFNIC manages a general interest service. Therefore, it is at the crossroads of operators, Internet Service Providers, Internet users, public authorities as well as other national and international parties.
This privileged position and responsibility leads AFNIC to participate in the evolution of Internet governance and management. Thus, AFNIC is largely involved in the international relations chorus.
Through its missions, the international actions of AFNIC are focused on three main directions:
- To contribute and participate to the global Internet governance and management (WSIS, ICANN, CENTR...)
- To introduce new standards and services (IETF,RIPE NCC)
- To transfer its knowledge and know-how (International College)
Over the past few years, the number of international meetings in which the domain name registries are involved is constantly increasing. This strong international activity demonstrates that domain name registries have a key role to play in the information society globalisation process.
90% of the profits generated by.fr domain names are donated to the Afnic Foundation for digital solidarity.
Top-level domains (TDL) managed by AFNIC[edit]
French country-code top-level domains (ccTLD)[edit]
- .fr:forFrance,the French Republic
- .re:for the island ofRéunion
- .tf:for theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands
- .wf:for the islands ofWallis and Futuna
- .pm:for the islands ofSaint Pierre and Miquelon
- .yt:for the island ofMayotte
Other top-level domains run by AFNIC[edit]
- .alsace:forAlsace
- .bzh:forBretagne
- .paris:for the city ofParis
- .aquarelle:for the société Aquarelle
- .ovh:for the French Internet Service ProviderOVH
- .corsica:for RegionCorsicaPuntu Corsica
- .museum: for theInternational Council of Museums(ICOM);
- .bostik: for the companyBostik;
- .lancaster: for the brand Lancaster;
- .leclerc: for the brandE.Leclerc;
- .mma: for the insurance companyMMA;
- .sncf: for the railroad companySNCF;
- .total: for the energy companyTotal.
French top-level domains not managed by AFNIC[edit]
- .nc:forNew Caledonia;
- .mq:forMartinique;
- .gp:forGuadeloupe;
- .gf:forFrench Guiana;
- .pf:forFrench Polynesia.
References[edit]
- ^"Décret n° 2007-162 du 6 février 2007 relatif à l'attribution et à la gestion des noms de domaine de l'internet et modifiant le code des postes et des communications électroniques".Legifrance. 6 February 2007.
- ^"How to come to Afnic".Afnic.Retrieved2022-08-16.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Official website(in French)
News and financial reports[edit]
- AFNIC publishes its French Domain Name Industry Report
- AFNIC launches DNSwitness, a multi-purpose software for DNS measurements
- Publication of the synthesis of the public consultation on French Top-Level Domains
- AFNIC publishes its first decisions in regards to its specific dispute resolution procedure for obvious breaches of the stipulations of the decree of February 6th, 2007