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| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> |
| 2 | <document> |
| 3 | |
| 4 | <properties> |
| 5 | <author email="general.AT.jakarta.DOT.apache.DOT.org">.tel Developer Community</author> |
| 6 | <title>Record Types</title> |
| 7 | </properties> |
| 8 | |
| 9 | <body> |
| 10 | |
| 11 | <section name="Record Types"> |
| 12 | |
| 13 | <p>Compared to traditional top-level domains, |
| 14 | the .tel DNS uses a different set of record types. User-specified Address |
| 15 | and CNAME records are prohibited, and the following are allowed:</p> |
| 16 | <ul> |
| 17 | <li>TXT - text record for storing keywords and other freeform text </li> |
| 18 | <li>LOC - location records containing latitude, longitude and altitude data</li> |
| 19 | <li>NAPTR (Naming Authority Pointer Record) - a record holding a URL |
| 20 | and an Enumservice that indicates the type of URL information, such as email or phone number; NAPTRs can |
| 21 | be |
| 22 | <ul> |
| 23 | <li>Terminal - holding contact information, such as phone number, Skype ID, etc.</li> |
| 24 | <li>Non-terminal - holding a pointer to another domain or subdomain, which may hold more data</li> |
| 25 | </ul> |
| 26 | </li> |
| 27 | </ul> |
| 28 | <p>NAPTR records are powerful resource records with a number of important advantages, |
| 29 | such as small package size, high-speed propagation and real-time updating. NAPTR keys |
| 30 | can support any Enumservice type, including <code>voice:tel</code> or <code>im:x-skype</code> |
| 31 | or a pointer to a subdomain or another domain. In addition, NAPTR records can be ordered |
| 32 | and labeled. |
| 33 | However, support for NAPTRs is not yet common |
| 34 | and requires extra effort; to make working with .tel domains easy, |
| 35 | the TelHosting Software already provides this support. </p> |
| 36 | <p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAPTR" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> |
| 37 | gives a more detailed description of NAPTRs, and <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3403.txt" target="_blank">RFC3403 |
| 38 | </a> contains the specification of this resource record. For more information on |
| 39 | NAPTR usage in .tel, please read the whitepaper <a href="/docs/naptr.pdf"> |
| 40 | NAPTR Records in .tel</a>.</p> |
| 41 | |
| 42 | |
| 43 | |
| 44 | |
| 45 | </section> |
| 46 | |
| 47 | </body> |
| 48 | </document> |
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