What’s a domain name’s registry?

A reg­istry or NIC (Net­work Infor­ma­tion Cen­ter) is an enti­ty (asso­ci­a­tion, com­pa­ny,…) in charge to man­age the data­base which regroups domain names by cat­e­go­ry , a TLD or IP address­es for a defined region.

The domain name’s reg­istry is in charge of:

• The man­age­ment of the domain names data­base under their respec­tive exten­sions;
• The pro­vi­sion and main­te­nance of a whois;
• The def­i­n­i­tion of the domain names attri­bu­tion pre­req­ui­sites in their area(s) in charge.

Indeed, the domain name’s reg­istries are in charge of deter­min­ing the attri­bu­tion terms and con­di­tions, which are often called Nam­ing char­ter. These terms dif­fer from an exten­sion to anoth­er depend­ing on the mar­ket or pos­si­ble restric­tions imposed by pub­lic author­i­ties. The com­plex­i­ty of these terms is total­ly con­trolled by the experts of Nameshield, reg­is­trar accred­it­ed by ICANN and cer­ti­fied ISO 27001.

Source: Nameshield’s White paper – Under­stand­ing domain names