Re: Implementing JSON-LD Structured Data for DNS and Network Diagnostic Tools

Hi Vahid,

On 3/2/26 3:46 AM, Vahid Shaik wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have been working on implementing Linked Open Data principles within 
> DNS and network diagnostic tools at DNS Robot (https://dnsrobot.net). 
> The platform provides 53 free DNS and network utilities including DNS 
> propagation checking, WHOIS lookup, SSL certificate validation, and 
> HTTP header analysis.
>
> We have implemented JSON-LD structured data across every tool page 
> using Schema.org <http://schema.org/> WebApplication and FAQPage 
> schemas, with full i18n support across 12 locales. Each tool page 
> includes machine-readable structured data describing the tool's 
> functionality, input/output types, and supported DNS record types (A, 
> AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SOA, NS).
>
> One challenge we encountered was representing DNS query results as 
> structured data. DNS records have well-defined schemas (RFC 1035, RFC 
> 9110) but no standardized RDF vocabulary. We currently use Schema.org 
> <http://schema.org/>'s generic PropertyValue for DNS results, but a 
> dedicated DNS ontology would better serve the LOD community.
>
> Has there been any discussion around standardizing RDF vocabularies 
> for DNS data? I would be interested in contributing to or 
> collaborating on such an effort.
>

Wonderful effort!

In the age of LLMs, I would encourage you to draft an initial ontology 
using the guidelines from the RFCs you mentioned. Publish the result 
somewhere on the web, leveraging Linked Data principles, and let usage 
blossom as a potential de facto standard on the path toward eventual 
formal standardization.

Links:

[1] SPARQL Query Result using your Home Page as the Data Source 
<https://linkeddata.uriburner.com/sparql?query=%23%20DEFINE%20get%3Asoft%20%22soft%22%20%0ASELECT%20(SAMPLE(%3Fs)%20AS%20%3FEntityID)%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20(COUNT(*)%20AS%20%3Fcount)%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20(%3Fo%20AS%20%3FEntityTypeID)%20%0AFROM%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fdnsrobot.net%2F%23osds%3E%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fs%20a%20%3Fo%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(CONTAINS(STR(%3Fo)%2C%27schema%27))%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fo%20%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20(%3Fcount)%20%0ALIMIT%2050%20%0A%0A%0A%0A&format=text%2Fx-html%2Btr>

[2] Looking at Your FAQ 
<https://linkeddata.uriburner.com/describe/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdnsrobot.net%2F%23faq&distinct=1>

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