T   R   E   E

What is Tree?

Tree is basically a directory of Internet domains.
A hierarchial guide/map/directory to domains and servers around the world.

An explanation of what each part of the page shows...

                         (top)
                country  Country name       
            map.         edu, com, net, gov etc
       tree.             School/company/govt dept name
server.                  School dept or any other lower servername

For example, Tree: University of Tasmania shows:

                              au    Australia
                        edu.        Educational
                  utas.             University of Tasmania
      acys.                         Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
       ...
      studassoc.                    Student Association

Referring to the above University of Tasmania example, *.utas.edu.au means you are looking at a tree of all servers/domains at the University of Tasmania (utas), which is an educational institution (edu) in Australia (au).

The number of asterisks refers to how many levels of the tree this page shows.
The one asterisk (*.) mean that the tree on this page has been expanded one more level from utas.
For example; studassoc is a server found under utas, and is the Student Association. The asterisks are similar to the asterisks in the DOS *.*, which means everything.everything, *.utas.edu.au means everything.utas.edu.au

The first line on every page of Tree, *.utas.edu.au for example, is comprised of a number of links. Like (theoretically) all links, the links in the first line take you more information concerning that area. The links in this example, edu and au, are like a Back button, or an Up direction, taking you to *.edu.au or *.au respectively.

The main part of the page displays a hierarchial map of domains and/or servers. Included here are links to (if they exist) departments' homepages. These links aren't always necessarily to simply www.servername. On second-level pages, like *.net, *.com, *.au, and so on, you will find (top), which is always a link to the base Tree page.

That's about all you really need to know... just wandering around and finding things out for yourself is the best way to learn how it works. If you need extra help, or have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Some handy things:
A simple text list of country codes
Internet Country Codes
Explanation of Domain Name Systems
WhoIs Service by AusRegistry

Backlinks:
What's New With NCSA Mosaic for Thursday, 21 March 1996
Daniel Schneider's Bookmarks (under WWW/Internet:Various) [198k]
The Karma Farm's Recent Explorations (under Mark's House of the Strange)
Fred Davis Online

Tree is ©Copyright Swaney-Gluyas Productions 1995-2000

The following line is to assist people who have followed an out-of-date 'Email' link on a Tree sub-page:

You have followed an out-of-date link. Sorry. Try the new Contact page.

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