The role of the Domain Name System in the development of new Internet services

The Domain Name System is nearly 20 years old.  New Internet services
place new demands on it. It has been common in the past to satisfy
demands on the DNS by exploiting loopholes in its specification. We
propose that a more-sound implementation technique for a new service
would be a combination of using a new top-level domain (TLD) and using
that TLD to identify the principal service type, so that it would not
be confused with existing services such as the World Wide Web or
email.