[db-wg] Proposal - Maintaining person, role and domain objects

Denis Walker wrote:
[...]
>>1)
>>This sentence, and the explanation that follows, implies that exactly
>>*two* objects are required here and supported. It should work, even
>>for the cases where admin-c: and tech-c: are (to be) different. Just
>>double-checking.
>>  
> 
> 
> Not quite right. My view is that these two mutually referencing objects
> must be the FIRST two in an update message. There can be other objects
> in the message also, but unrelated to this 'startup procedure'.
> 
> To avoid over complicating the code we want to keep it simple and only
> have 2 objects with the mutual reference for the new creation. If you
> want a different admin-c and tech-c in the new mntner, none of which
> currently exist, first create the new mntner/person pair using the one
> person as both admin-c and tech-c. Then create the second person and
> modify the mntner.

Yep, that's how I read it, too. And I agree.
But it should be made explicit in any documentation that goes with this,
that for this case an additional step is necessary. No big deal...

Wilfried.