status: EARLY-REGISTRATION

Florian Weimer wrote:
> Where can I find up-to-date documentation of the semantics of this
> value?
> 
> The proposals in the ERX document don't match the actual practice
> (IMHO), so I wonder if there are different guidelines.

The most up-to-date is probably the "status:" draft document:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/status-attributes.html#database

Although the document has not been (and will not be) moved to "real" 
RIPE document, the following currently applies:

"inetnum objects with a “status:” value of “EARLY-REGISTRATION” may 
only be created by RIPE Database administrators. More-specific inetnum 
objects added may only have a “status:” value of “ASSIGNED”."



As to what it means... these are objects that are imported during the 
ERX.  They do not count against the 80% utilisation requirements for 
LIRs, and the RIPE NCC may not have ever had a relationship with the 
holders of the addresses.  As such, in many ways they fall outside the 
ALLOCATED/ASSIGNED scheme that the rest of networks are in.

-- 
Shane Kerr
RIPE NCC