route obj & notifications

 Dear colleagues,

 yes, it is me again ;-) asking for comments on another element of
 hierarchical authorisation for route objects:

 The idea is to use a prefix based hierarchical scheme just as it is used
 for inetnum objects. However, it turned out that there are several
 difficulties in it. So, to get started the consensus at the wg session
 was: *not* to enforce a prefix based hierarchical scheme until these
 difficulties are solved, but instead generate notifications only.

 There are several proposals out there for notifications

 - to notify only if it is requested (by adding "notify" attributes
   to objects)

 - to leave inetnum objects out for the time being until their relation
   to route objects is clearly defined

 - notifications should only be done for creation of route objects
   not for changes or deletions (to prevent mail floods)

 - probably, the creator of route objects should also be notified of
   notifications for coordination purposes

 What are your feelings about this? Yes, no, maybe, missing items?
 Your comments are welcome!

 For further reference read/attack/tear apart/abuse the compilation at
 http://www.ripe.net/wg/routing/haro-d.html
 
 Regards
    Joachim
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