(IANA), the institution that the responsibility of guardianship, address, Internet Protocol (IP Address) and PA system (Autonomous System) assigned. manage the root zone the domain name system (DNSroot zone), the structure of the media on the internet (Internet Media Type) or the same MIME type, and tasks related to protocol internet another is responsible. This, by the icon can be operated.
before founding icon for this purpose. at first by John of the Institute of Information Science, University of Southern California, the flat-contract USC/ISI, United States Department of Defense Management.... until icon to get this responsibility under a contract with the Ministry of Commerce of the United States was created.