Deletion of German domains

> > >   According to the agreement between RIPE NCC and DENIC we plan
> > 
> > Has this agreement been published?
> > 
> No, this is a working agreement about technical details. It is based on
> the community consensus that domain related information (excluding
> reverse delegations) should be moved from the RIPE Database to the
> respective ccTLD databases.

Fair enough, but community consensus must be recorded.  Was this consensus
achieved at RIPE 36 and we're still waiting for the relevant minutes?  It
would be useful to have some reference document, even a draft, but this
is **no reflection whatsoever** on the excellent work of RIPE and its
working groups!

> 
> The RIPE Database will still be the source for domain related
> information using referral mechanism (as long as top level domain
> objects point to the actual domain databases). Though it may be more
> efficient to query these databases directly.
> 
> > > to delete German (.de) domain objects from RIPE whois database
> > > on June 28th. From then on, information about German domains will
> > > be available from DENIC's whois server, whois.nic.de.
> > 
> > While speed and efficiency are to be commended, this is rather short
> > notice, isn't it?  From the mail on 8th June, I understood that DENIC
> > would need between one and two months after moving the domain objects
> > before the associated person objects could be moved.
> > 
> 
> You are right, we are moving only domain objects. The person objects
> will remain in the RIPE Database for several months.

What ever happened to the auto-referral mechanism, whereby a query
about a moved object could be referred onward to the appropriate
whois server?

Regards.

Mike