[dns-operations] Why are cnames called "canonical" names?

[Jelte Jansen]

On 04/10/2015 06:28 PM, Fred Morris wrote:
> 
> But gee, people keep going to example.com instead of www.example.com. I'd
> better create a CNAME which says "if you're visiting example.com, you
> really should be going to www.example.com".
> 
> 
> 
> But I can't do that.
> 

...and that's why it's called canonical name and not alias-for-type, so
that it doesn't get misused for scenarios such as this ;) Is this still
terminology or does it enter into clarification territory?

Jelte