a <a class="reference external" href="http://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/">BIND</a>
(Berkeley Internet Name Domain) 9 formatted value.</p>
<p>In order for the BIND value to be considered valid, it needs to adhere to the
following rules:</p>
<ul>
<li><p class="first">Each record starts on a new line and on the first column. If a record will
not fit on one line, use the BIND_9 line continuation convention where you put
a left parenthesis and continue the one record on the next line and put a right
parenthesis 