A perpetual testbed for internet domains
Many internet domains have been registered but are not used or are simply filled with irrelevant advertising while parked at a domain registrar. Domain registrars offer tools for testing whether or not a domain is registered, and where, and can also automatically suggest many names related to the one tested. The reasons for creating this perpetual testbed of internet domains are that
(a) the names are humanly invented and then presented in an organised manner relevant to whatever topics the Research Cooperative may deem of interest,
(b) the names are presented in a ready-to-click form so that anyone can test directly whether or not the name is being used for an actual website.
Use of a domain name may vary over time, so there may be some historical interest in keeping records of how certain names are being used. At present there is no easy way of doing this, other than manual clicking and then writing a note somewhere.