[enum-wg] ITU: debate over User-ENUM administration

>>>>> "Thilo" == Thilo Salmon <salmon at sipgate.de> writes:

    Thilo> I read that as "yes, it is a mapping", but "no, it is not
    Thilo> (necessarily) an assignment". With few exceptions E.164
    Thilo> numbers have already been assigned and the e164.arpa domain
    Thilo> merely functions as a directory.

First of all Thilo, DNS is NOT a directory. Please don't confuse it
with one. Secondly, an entry under e164.arpa *is* an assignment. The
only way to get a number entered in the public tree is if (a) the
country code has been delegated; (b) the registry for that country
code delegates the number concerned. If that doesn't constitute an
assignment, I don't know what does. Of course, whether that E.164
number has been assigned by the regulator or a telco is another
matter.