[ncc-services-wg] struct. differences in PI vs. PA request forms & use of role:

  Dear community and NCC,

  while talking with one of my colleagues (who very recently attended a
  LIR training), and processing a request submitted by one of our
  customers to change their inetnum: contact details I started to
  wonder:

  As far as I can remember there was a rule (strong recommendation?) to
  use a "real" person as the contact in admin-c:, while a role: could be
  used for tech-c: and zone-c:

  	(But maybe I am mixing [legacy] domain object requirements or
	 some TLD admin's requirements with the address registry...)

  I was told that the LIR training course _does_ mention the role: object,
  but _does not_ offer guidance about the use.

  So, I started digging for documentation about the use of, and linkage
  to, person: and role: objects for inet[6]num. No success. I probably
  missed some section where it is described.

  Then I had a look at the PI and PA request forms and accomp. notes.

  Again, no guidance as to where a role c/should be used (or not). At the
  same time I became aware again, that the _new_ PI and PA address request
  forms are different: the PI form still has the database object section,
  but that was dropped from the PA form!

  I am left with 2 questions now:

  A) why is there a difference between PI and PA forms regarding DB
     information?

  B) is there still a recommendation or requirement to use a "real"
     person: as the reference for an admin-c:?

  Thanks for any help.
  Wilfried.
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