domainsthat

Domainsthat is a term used in information science to describe a curated collection of internet domain names grouped by shared attributes. It functions as a flexible concept rather than a fixed standard, and is used in research, testing, and tooling to study domain-level properties, assess filtering systems, or support reproducible experiments. The name suggests identifying sets of domains that share a characteristic, such as a top-level domain, registrar, or DNS profile.

The term appears in niche datasets and repositories from the 2020s and is often used alongside general domain lists, blocklists, and other curated corpora. It denotes a specific, use-case-oriented collection rather than a broad, publicly available data source, and is chosen to support particular analysis goals or experiments.

A domainsthat collection typically includes fields such as domain_name, tld, creation_date, registrar, dns_records, and category_tags. Some implementations may link domains to observed behaviors (phishing indicators, hosting patterns) or to metadata (geographic origin, registration status). Privacy-preserving variants may omit sensitive fields and emphasize data minimization.

Methods and applications include assembling data from public sources such as DNS queries, certificate transparency logs, and domain registries. Domainsthat datasets support tasks like phishing detection, ad-blocking evaluation, DNS performance analysis, and studies of domain generation algorithms. Researchers emphasize reproducibility and versioning to track changes over time.

Limitations and considerations involve data volatility, incomplete registration information, and evolving infrastructure. Legal and ethical concerns include consent, data usage terms, and user privacy. Best practices emphasize transparent provenance, documentation, and maintaining versioned releases to ensure reliability and accountability.

Related concepts include domain lists, blocklists, allowlists, and curated corpora used for security research and web analytics. Domainsthat remains a descriptive label for use-case-focused domain collections rather than a fixed standard.