[governance] charter 1.5

[Avri Doria]

On 28 jul 2006, at 00.13, David Goldstein wrote:

> Can someone explain why the capital "I" is used for
> "internet"? Internet is a noun, so unless we're naming
> something like the "Internet Governance Caucus" it
> should be a small "i".
>


As I understand it (in the briefest of ways) 'internet' a general  
term and 'Internet' is a proper name.

an internet is a network or networks.  there can be many internets,  
some public some private,  some relatively local or regional and some  
global.

Internet on the other hand, is the proper name given to the publicly  
accessed network of networks where all hosts have have end to end  
reachability, a common naming system, a (more or less) global  
addressing system and based for the most part on IP protocols.

a.
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