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       Title     : A Means for Expressing Location Information in the 
                   Domain Name System                                      
       Author(s) : C. Davis, P. Vixie, T. Goodwin, I. Dickinson
       Filename  : draft-davis-dns-loc-00.txt
       Pages     : 16
       Date      : 11/22/1994

This Internet-Draft describes a mechanism to allow the DNS to carry 
location information about hosts, networks, and subnets.  Such information 
for a small subset of hosts is currently contained in the flat-file UUCP 
maps.  However, just as the DNS replaced the use of HOSTS.TXT to carry host
and network address information, it is possible to replace the UUCP maps 
as carriers of location information.     

This Internet-Draft defines the format of a new Resource Record (RR) 
for the Domain Name System (DNS), and reserves a corresponding 
DNS type mnemonic (LOC) and numerical code (29).  

This Internet-Draft assumes that the reader is familiar with the DNS 
[RFC 1034, RFC 1035].  The data shown in our examples is for pedagogical 
use and does not necessarily reflect the real Internet.                            

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