n2dsy@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (j.gordon.beattie) (07/11/89)
I am no internet domain expert, but I seem to recall that ".COM", ".EDU",
".GOV", ".MIL", ".ORG", ".US", etc. are all domains within the
Internet domain. The Internet is a subdomain of the US DoD.
The next step is a bit unclear to me...is it "ORG" followed by "ISO"
as the last step in the hierarchy? This would yield a complete
string of:
"host.city.state.us.internet.dod.org.iso".
Can someone confirm/deny this?
I base this on the recollection that the DoD has one of
two domain IDs given to the US by ISO from its branch "Identified
Organizations".
A few years ago we obtained such a domain ID from ISO
for "Amateur Radio OSI" and we have broken it down by both
geographical and organizational lines as was done by the internet
folks. We have a few different branches, which are described
elsewhere, but I was somewhat curious how the internet handles
domains on other branches of the global domain tree.
The picture shown below illustrates my understanding,
could someone comment on this?
iso(1)
/------------------/-------/ \---------\---------------------\
/ / \ \
... DCC(?) Identified Organizations(3) ....
/
/-------------/-----------/----/-----------------------\
/ / / \
... dod(5) nbs(6) .... Amateur Radio OSI(11)
/
internet(1)
/------/------\------\-------- etc.
/ / \ \
ORG GOV US MIL
Thanks,
J. Gordon Beattie, Jr.
201-615-4168 (O)
201-387=8896 (H)