RE: [address-policy-wg] 2005-08 New Policy Proposal

["Sander Steffann" <]

Hi,

> Does anyone actually use the addresses and phone numbers from person
> objects? Or is all communication done these days by e-mail?

I never use address or phone information from the whois database. I can
Imagine situations where they would be useful though...

> The address and phone attributes are mandatory and e-mail is optional in
> a person object. Is this the wrong way round for the way the data is used
> today?

In my case it is.

> Just as a suggestion, perhaps address and phone details should only be
> mandatory in organisation and role objects and optional in person objects.

Sounds good to me. I think that in most cases the address in a person object
will be the address of the company anyway...

- Sander