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On 14 October 2017 at 07:11, Edward Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> What if we created an identifier system that organizations would pay an
> annual feel to belong to? This identifier would be guaranteed to be
> globally unique as long as the organization cared to maintain it. You could
> use this identifier with your web browser to find information about the
> organization.
>
> Yes, that’s DNS.
>
> What if we (memory institutions writ large) did something about
> remembering the history of DNS? It sounds simple, but it’s not. Is it
> possible?
>

archive.org web harvests include at least some DNS details for the content
they harvest. I'm not sure how comprehensive it is and I'm pretty such that
there isn't a tool for easily exploring it.

Having said that, there are some significant organisations which have yet
to embrace the digital yet, which makes DNS tracking of their structure
challenging.

cheers
stuart

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