links

The agent examines every link in the ROR links array and identifies entries of type website. For each website URL, it extracts the hostname (for example, www.example.edu becomes example.edu) and compares it against the domains listed in the record's domains field. When a website hostname is not already present in the domains list, the agent augments the record by adding the missing domain. This allows the agent to identify records where website information and domain information are not fully aligned.

Lists

The agent classifies each processed record into one of the following categories.

augmented

A website link was found and its hostname was not present in the record's domains field. The hostname was extracted and added to the domains list. Example:

Website: https://www.example.edu
Domain:  example.edu

Subdomains are treated as distinct hostnames. For example, library.example.edu and example.edu are considered different values. Moreover, the agent does not perform DNS lookups, website validation, redirects, or ownership verification. All results are derived solely from information contained in the ROR record itself.

domain_exists

A website link was found and its hostname was already present in the domains field. No augmentation was required.

empty_links

The record contains no entries in the links field. No website information was available for analysis.

no_website

The record contains links, but none of them are of type website. No hostname could be extracted for comparison.

Config

{
  "name": "links",
  "version": "2026.1",
  "file": "status-active",
  "type": "sequential",
  "lists": [
    "augmented",
    "no_website",
    "has_website",
    "domain_exists",
    "empty_links"
  ]
}