proposal for RIPE's IPv6-address space structure

>>>>> "JOIN" == JOIN Project Team <join at uni-muenster.de> writes:


    JOIN> PRID (Provider Region ID) 7 bit corresponds to 128
    JOIN> IDs. These are mainly reserved for the countries of the
    JOIN> 'natural', ie. European, RIPE-Region (A5).  Non-European
    JOIN> domains supported by RIPE get their own prefix (FP+RegID) in
    JOIN> order to support a dedicated authority for these regions in
    JOIN> the future.

    JOIN> We should mention that we have discussed the possibility to
    JOIN> subdivide the RIPE address space in such a way that the
    JOIN> length of the Country-ID depends on the size (population) of
    JOIN> that country. In such a scheme big countries could get a 5
    JOIN> or 6 bit long Country-ID (instead of 7 bit), resulting in a
    JOIN> larger address space for those countries.

Could you clarify a bit the Region ID field ...
i.e. is there supposed to be a region id per country ?
what about pan-european organizations (E-bone, EUnet, Dante and so on) ?
Do they get the region of the country where their head-quarters is or
a special "all-europe region" ?

Do you intend to have address assignment made "provider based" or
"geographically based" ?
i.e. where would EUnet PT get his prefix, for instance ? from the
"europe-wide" or "Holland" region or from "portuguese" region ?

Note that this is not criticism to the idea... i just think these points
could/should be addresses more clearly in the document.

regards,
  Pedro.