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id: "rfc-1591"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "RFC 1591"
language: "en"
category: "Governance and policy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
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# RFC 1591

A 1994 document by Jon Postel that describes how the domain name system is organized and how top-level domains are handed out. It is still the basis for how IANA delegates country code domains, and it says a ccTLD manager serves the local community.

## related terms

- [ccTLD delegation and transfer](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cctld-delegation-and-transfer/)
- [ccTLD manager](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cctld-manager/)
- [IANA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/iana/)
- [ISO 3166-1](https://tldlog.com/glossary/iso-3166-1/)
- [IETF](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ietf/)