"The question is, who has the right to call their website harvardtechnology- .com... The Berkman Center?" she said, referring to the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. "Computer services at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences?"

"If there is a suggestion of an institutional endorsement, then you need to get permission," she added.

One guideline indicates that student organizations must work through the Dean of Students' office to obtain that permission.

The office of Dean of Students ended with the retirement of Dean Archie C. Epps III last year, however. Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71 has assumed many of Epps's former duties.

The guidelines also clarify the University's position on registration of for-profit dot-com domain names.

"It basically says that dot-com is disfavored," Wald said. "Dot-edu is preferred."

In recent months, University officials have intensified their scrutiny of the use of the Harvard name, keeping an especially careful eye on for-profit operations.