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A Swiss non-profit foundation, set up in 1987 by the Swiss Confederation and the university cantons, that belongs to the Swiss universities. It is the registry glossary termregistry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry for .ch under a mandate from the Federal Office of Communications, and it also runs .li on behalf of Liechtenstein's Office for Communications. With DENIC glossary termDENIC Deutsches Network Information Center The Frankfurt-based cooperative that runs Germany's .de domain. Full definition of DENIC and nic.at, it takes turns hosting the yearly Domain pulse conference.