Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération

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domain name registry operator non-profit organization

The Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (AFNIC) is the French non-profit organization responsible for managing and administering several internet domain name registries, including France’s country-code top-level domain.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
AFNIC	10
Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération canonical	2
French Association for Cooperative Internet Naming	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8451510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération
Context triple: [.yt, sponsor, Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération]

A. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the global domain name system and IP address allocation to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet.
B. Nigeria Internet Registration Association
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and administering Nigeria’s country code top-level domain, .ng.
C. IANA
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) is the global organization responsible for coordinating key elements of the Internet’s infrastructure, including IP address allocation, DNS root zone management, and protocol parameter assignments.
D. RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC is the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, responsible for allocating and registering IP address space and related Internet number resources.
E. AFRINIC
AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources across the African region.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération
Target entity description: The Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (AFNIC) is the French non-profit organization responsible for managing and administering several internet domain name registries, including France’s country-code top-level domain.

A. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the global domain name system and IP address allocation to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet.
B. Nigeria Internet Registration Association
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and administering Nigeria’s country code top-level domain, .ng.
C. IANA
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) is the global organization responsible for coordinating key elements of the Internet’s infrastructure, including IP address allocation, DNS root zone management, and protocol parameter assignments.
D. RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC is the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, responsible for allocating and registering IP address space and related Internet number resources.
E. AFRINIC
AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources across the African region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	domain name registry operator ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ
abbreviation	AFNIC ⓘ
collaboratesWith	French government authorities ⓘ ICANN ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
focus	promotion of the .fr domain ⓘ stability and security of the French internet namespace ⓘ
foundedIn	France ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Montigny-le-Bretonneux ⓘ
headquartersRegion	Île-de-France ⓘ linked to: Île-de-France region
industry	internet domain name registry ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
legalForm	association under French law of 1901 ⓘ
managesTopLevelDomain	.alsace ⓘ linked to: Alsace .bzh ⓘ .corsica ⓘ linked to: Corsica .fr ⓘ linked to: FR .ovh ⓘ .paris ⓘ .pm ⓘ .re ⓘ linked to: RE .tf ⓘ .wf ⓘ .yt ⓘ
nonProfitType	public-interest mission ⓘ
operatesForCountryCode	France (.fr) ⓘ linked to: France
operatesForTerritory	Mayotte (.yt) ⓘ linked to: Mayotte Réunion (.re) ⓘ linked to: Réunion Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (.pm) ⓘ linked to: Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (.tf) ⓘ linked to: French Southern and Antarctic Lands Wallis-et-Futuna (.wf) ⓘ linked to: Wallis and Futuna
operationalArea	France ⓘ French overseas territories ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of the .fr country-code top-level domain ⓘ technical operation of several French and overseas ccTLDs ⓘ
role	policy development for .fr namespace ⓘ registry for .fr domain names ⓘ
scope	management of internet domain names ⓘ
shortName	AFNIC ⓘ
translatedName	French Association for Cooperative Internet Naming ⓘ linked to: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération
typeOfOrganization	multi-stakeholder association ⓘ
website	https://www.afnic.fr ⓘ