Root Zone Management

IANA is responsible for management of the DNS root zone. This role means assigning the operators of top-level domains, such as .UK and .COM, and maintaining their technical and administrative details.

Browse

IANA's Root Zone Database contains the authoritative record of the operators of various top-level domains.

• Root Zone Database

Maintain

TLD operators can change their delegation details by submitting revised details using the template.

• Root zone change template

Policy, Procedures and Guides

• Country Code Top Level Domains
  Including information on routine updates from ccTLD Managers, as well as processes for delegation and redelegation of ccTLDs.
• Domain Name System Structure and Delegation (RFC 1591, March 1994)
• Internet Domain Name System Structure and Delegation (ICP-1, May 1999)