[address-policy-wg] New Draft Document: RIPE Whois Registration in 2005: What should be in Whois and Why?

At 04:51 PM 28-04-05 +0200, leo vegoda wrote:

Item 10 of this draft discusses the "country" tag.  The Israeli exchange 
(IIX) filters based on country tag:
http://www.isoc.org.il/fr_reload.html?iix/2x_bylaws.4
Since the exchange is designated to only route intra-Israel traffic, the 
country tag on inetnum entries is the easiest way to filter traffic.

Regards,
Hank

>Dear Colleagues,
>
>At RIPE 49, Eva Ericsson Rabete (TeliaSonera) made a presentation to the 
>Address Policy Working Group in which she asked some questions about the 
>state of the RIPE Whois Database. Following the discussion at the meeting, 
>Eva was asked to take the discussion onto this list (Action Point 49.4).
>
>A draft document discussing the uses of the RIPE Whois Database, and 
>detailing questions to consider, has been published in the "Latest Draft 
>Documents" section of the RIPE Document Store.
>
>The purpose of this draft document is to encourage discussion about what 
>elements should be in the Whois Database and why they should be there.
>
>This draft document is available at:
>http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/whois2005.html
>
>Regards,
>
>--
>leo vegoda
>Registration Services Manager
>RIPE NCC
>
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