RIPE Handle document

Marten writes:
> Please find below the draft document to implement RIPE handles in the RIPE
> database. Please read it carefully, since it will impact registration of
> people. 
> 
> Current timescales:
> 
> from draft to official document: Dec 13th (1 week from now)
> implementation:                  Dec 20th (2 weeks from now)
> 
> Comments please.

I think that starting from this reasoning:
  > The regional registries agreed to create separate handle spaces by
  > appending a suffix identifying the registry to handles creating a
  > unique Internet handle.

A method should be proposed:
- either to further delegate the creation of Internet handles to local
  registries, in particular to national registries (registry of last resort
  is the actual name?)
- or to differentiate the database management software when it treats
  actual RIPE database or local registry database.

This is needed because local registries often use the RIPE-NCC database
software package.

Otherwise local registries have two choises:
1- use (develop?) another database software
2- define some trick to postpone the actual registration of a person entry
   in their local database after they have received the new RIPE handle
   from RIPE-NCC

I think it would be easier and better to define other suffixes which
could be used (and accepted by the software). The local registry then
simply send person entries which already contain unique handles to the NCC.

BTW: Tomorrow is an holiday in Italy, so don't be surprised if I will not
comment further until thursday.
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