What is the relationship between the NRO and other organizations related to Internet number resources?
The NRO is an interface for organizations to deal directly with the RIRs at a single point instead of separately. For example, this allows ICANN to comment directly on non-policy items such as the ICANN budget and service contracts. The NRO provides a similar single interface to the RIRs for other organizations, such as the IETF, on Internet number resource administration issues. The NRO also provides a visible framework for existing joint RIR activities. Such activities include the administration of upper level reverse DNS domains. Future activities of this nature will also be undertaken within the framework of the NRO, such as a common whois interface to RIR data.
