RE: Proposal for extended syntax for the 'country:' attribute

["Christian Panigl, ACOnet/UniVie +43 1 4065822-383" panigl@localhost]

    Hi David,
    
    maybe there is another solution:  migrate the "country" attribute to a
    "registry" attribute which should hold the responsible registry name
    
    Example:
    
inetnum:     193.0.0.0 - 193.255.255.255
country:     RIPE

    will be modified when entering the DB to
    
inetnum:     193.0.0.0 - 193.255.255.255
registry:    RIPE

inetnum:     193.170.16.0
registry:    at.aconet

   Pros:
  
   Solves the problem completely, is politically correct, easy (?) to implement
   
   Cons:
  
   will break applications which query for the "country" attribute, are
   there any ?  Alternatively you might add the "registry" attribute and
   obsolte the country attribute.
   
   Regards
   Christian
   
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