[db-wg] The New "organisation object" Proposal

Hi all,

> Specifies the ID of an organisation object.  An organisation 
> ID is made up of 'ORG-' prefix, followed by 2 to 4 letters, 
> digits, a dash and is followed by the database source (in the 
> RIPE Whois Database this is 'RIPE').  For example:
> 
>  ORG-RT34-RIPE
> 
> Note that all parts are mandatory, thus ORG-RT-RIPE would be 
> an invalid ID as it is missing the numeric part.

While we understand the need for strict naming convention
to avoid name disputes, may I request that the rules and
convention will not be hard coded in the software but put 
in a customisable config file. 
As a user of RIPE's whois software, APNIC might want to have 
a slightly different naming convention & rules :-)

> May be included in any other object type.  It points to an 
> existing organisation object representing the entity that 
> holds the resource.  The value of this attribute is the ID of 
> the organisation object.  It is mandatory in the aut-num 
> objects, and inetnum and inet6num objects with 
> "ALLOCATED-BY-IANA", "ALLOCATED-BY-RIR", "ALLOCATED-BY-RIR 
> NON-PORTABLE", "ALLOCATED-BY-RIR PORTABLE" and 
> "ALLOCATED-BY-RIR UNSPECIFIED" values.  It is optional in all 
> other objects, and it is single valued in all objects.

As we're talking about the use of the organisation object,
can we use it to show delegation path (instead of overloading
the status attribute above) in a resource object (i.e. aut-num,
inetnum and inet6num). For example, if querying an inetnum,
you get this response:

% whois 192.168.86.251

inetnum:      192.168.86.0 - 192.168.86.255
netname:      EXAMPLE-NET-86
descr:        Sample network
registry:     ORG-RIPE1-RIPE
custodian:    ORG-RSIS54-RIPE
country:      NL
admin-c:      JE1-RIPE
tech-c:       JE2-RIPE
[...]
source:       RIPE

organisation: ORG-RIPE1-RIPE
org-name:     RIPE NCC Operations
org-type:     RIR
address:      Singel 258
address:      1016 AB Amsterdam
address:      The Netherlands
country:      NL
phone:        +31 20 535 4444
fax-no:       +31 20 535 4445
e-mail:       ops at ripe.net
admin-c:      AP110-RIPE
tech-c:       OPS4-RIPE
[...]
source:       RIPE

organisation: ORG-RSIS54-RIPE
org-name:     Random Street Internet Services
org-type:     LIR
descr:        An example organisation
address:      Random St.
address:      The Netherlands
phone:        +31 123 4567
fax-no:       +31 123 4568
e-mail:       contact at example-org.net
admin-c:      EXAM1-RIPE
tech-c:       EXAM2-RIPE
[...]
source:       RIPE

person:       John Example
nic-hdl:      JE1-RIPE
[...]
source:       RIPE

person:       John Example Jr
nic-hdl:      JE2-RIPE
[...]
source:       RIPE


Cheers,
Sanjaya
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