Global community naming authority

摘要

Provided are improved systems for a global community naming authority and methods for naming global communities. A global community naming authority may be used to register online communities to create a universal unique identifier for each registered online community. A global community naming authority may be used to control generation of new online communities to ensure that a universal unique identifier exists for new online communities that may be used by online users. A method for naming global communities includes certifying a universal unique name for all registered and newly created online communities. Existing online communities may be migrated into a global community name database. Existing communities not formalized as online communities may be mapped into online communities by a global community naming authority.