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

> > 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 :-)
> 
> It should be fairly straightforward to modify the rules.  
> However, without seeing specific requirements it is hard 
> to be certain!  ;)

Thanks Shane, we can discuss the specific requirements off the
list, and we'd be happy to be involved in the design & development
of the code.

> This is indeed our thinking, or something very similar.  
> However, we want to do one step at a time.  We would like to add the 
> organisation object first, and then introduce a new "status:"
attribute and 
> inetnum template to include a new reference to responsible
organisation(s).
> 
> I think this is especially important given the input from the 
> community that we need to make these changes as useful as possible to 
> the users. 
> Getting a 10 page proposal with 3 or 4 big changes makes it 
> difficult to see the important details, at least for me.  :)

I see your point. No worries, we can discuss this later.
We're quite happy with the proposal as it is :-)

Cheers,
Sanjaya