Changes

[[Public Interest Registry#.NGO.2F.ONG and IDNs|4. .ngo/.ong and IDNs]]

[[Public Interest Registry#.NGO.2F.ONG and IDNs|4. .ngo/.ong and IDNs]]

5. Partnerships

5. [[NGO Education]]

[[Public Interest Registry#Miscellaneous|6. Miscellaneous]]

[[Public Interest Registry#Miscellaneous|6. Miscellaneous]]

== History ==

== History ==

The .org top-level domain was first created in October 1984 by the [https://icannwiki.org/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority Internet Assigned Numbers Authority],[[Public Interest Registry#cite note-4|^[4]]] as part of its implementation of the [[rfc:920|RFC 920]]. Though the RFC limited the scope of the .org domain to non-profit organizations or to organizations of a non-commercial nature, over time, the scope of the domain has expanded to include any entity, whether organizational or individual, commercial or non-commercial.

The .org top-level domain was first created in October 1984 by the [https://icannwiki.org/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority Internet Assigned Numbers Authority],[[Public Interest Registry#cite note-4|^[4]]] as part of its implementation of the RFC 920. Though the RFC limited the scope of the .org domain to non-profit organizations or to organizations of a non-commercial nature, over time, the scope of the domain has expanded to include any entity, whether organizational or individual, commercial or non-commercial.

The first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.

The first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.