Sure, but I'm talking about a day-to-day practical level. Most people will only ever need to modify A/CNAME, occasional MX and TXT, and maybe an SOA/PTR. Even

Sure, but I'm talking about a day-to-day practical level. Most people will only ever need to modify A/CNAME, occasional MX and TXT, and maybe an SOA/PTR. Even the more arcane record types (as far as I've ever used them) are essentially key-value pairs with the record type analogous to a namespace.