RE: [apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:08:59 +1000
> This is an excellent idea. However I would use
> ALLOCATED_TO_LIR and ASSIGNED_TO_END_USER.
> That way we clarify the subtle difference while
> maintaining consistency with existing documentation.
>
> (If I remember correctly the term DELEGATED was suggested at the time,
> but not used because of its usage in the DNS context as well as
> the connotation of total transfer of authority over the resource which
> is not quite the case.)
To me "DELEGATED-TO-LIR" makes sense, as it infers that the
process of further delegation can be used with sub-blocks and/or
atomic units can be "ASSIGNED-TO-END-USERs with the inference that
no further sub assignments are anticipated.
Geoff
