# org (1-org.net)

An org is an organization. People say it to mean a company, a nonprofit, a club, or any group with a shared purpose. It is also the ending of many website addresses, like charity.org.

## What a model may hear
- top-level domain (internet infrastructure and DNS): treat the input as a website or network address, or expect registration data
- file format (Emacs and plain-text outlining): parse the text as a structured document with headings, tags, and todo states
- organizational unit (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure): scope permissions, billing, and resource ownership to a specific account boundary
- package namespace (Java, Maven, and software ecosystems): resolve dependencies under the org.* prefix or expect reverse-domain naming

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "Send this to my org"
  Means: Send it to my employer or team
  May be taken as: Route the data to an AWS Organization or misconfigure cross-account access
  Say instead: "Send this to my employer, Acme Nonprofit"
- Says: "Format this as org"
  Means: Make it look neat and organized
  May be taken as: Output Emacs org-mode syntax with stars and colons the person cannot read
  Say instead: "Format this as a simple indented outline with bullet points"
- Says: "Find org charts"
  Means: Find diagrams showing who reports to whom
  May be taken as: Search for .org websites about charts or return DNS records
  Say instead: "Find company hierarchy diagrams or reporting-structure charts"
- Says: "Register the org"
  Means: Set up the nonprofit legally
  May be taken as: Begin domain name registration or create a cloud organization entity
  Say instead: "File the paperwork to incorporate the nonprofit"

## Tips
- Say 'nonprofit' or 'company' if you mean a type of organization, not the domain.
- Say 'outline' or 'bullet list' unless you want Emacs org-mode format.
- Specify the platform name if you mean a cloud account structure.
- Use 'website ending in .org' if you mean the domain, not the group itself.
- Say 'Java package' or 'Maven group ID' if you mean the software namespace.

## Often confused with
- com: commercial domain, not organizational
- net: network domain, broader than organizations
- edu: educational institutions only
- io: tech startup domain, not organizational mission
- group: generic term, no domain or file format sense
- team: people working together, no technical namespace