In our sample domain space, suppose we wanted separate administrative control for the root, MIL, EDU, MIT.EDU and ISI.EDU zones. We might allocate name servers as follows:
|(C.ISI.EDU,SRI-NIC.ARPA
| A.ISI.EDU)
+---------------------+------------------+
| | |
MIL EDU ARPA
|(SRI-NIC.ARPA, |(SRI-NIC.ARPA, |
| A.ISI.EDU | C.ISI.EDU) |
+-----+-----+ | +------+-----+-----+
| | | | | | |
BRL NOSC DARPA | IN-ADDR SRI-NIC ACC
|
+--------+------------------+---------------+--------+
| | | | |
UCI MIT | UDEL YALE
|(XX.LCS.MIT.EDU, ISI
|ACHILLES.MIT.EDU) |(VAXA.ISI.EDU,VENERA.ISI.EDU,
+---+---+ | A.ISI.EDU)
| | |
LCS ACHILLES +--+-----+-----+--------+
| | | | | |
XX A C VAXA VENERA Mockapetris
In this example, the authoritative name server is shown in parentheses at the point in the domain tree at which is assumes control.
Thus the root name servers are on C.ISI.EDU, SRI-NIC.ARPA, and A.ISI.EDU. The MIL domain is served by SRI-NIC.ARPA and A.ISI.EDU. The EDU domain is served by SRI-NIC.ARPA. and C.ISI.EDU. Note that servers may have zones which are contiguous or disjoint. In this scenario, C.ISI.EDU has contiguous zones at the root and EDU domains. A.ISI.EDU has contiguous zones at the root and MIL domains, but also has a non- contiguous zone at ISI.EDU.