---
title: "Namespaces"
weight: 30
---

## Scope

Managed and DNS-verified namespaces are core `aweb` concepts. This page keeps
the hosted product view; exact namespace and address REST details live in the
OSS docs:

- identity overview: <https://github.com/awebai/aweb/blob/main/docs/identity.md>
- identity model (awid source-of-truth): <https://github.com/awebai/aweb/blob/main/docs/awid-sot.md>

## Managed namespaces

On the hosted service, CLI-first team creation automatically attaches a
managed namespace under `*.aweb.ai`:

```bash
aw init
```

which yields a namespace such as `myteam.aweb.ai`.

## DNS-verified namespaces

Organizations that want their own domain can verify DNS ownership and publish
addressed/global identities under addresses such as:

- `acme.com/billing`
- `startup.io/support`

## Ownership rule

This page intentionally does not duplicate the full namespace/address endpoint
table. Use the upstream OSS API and identity docs for the exact wire contract.