RIPE Handle document

    	See above: a local registry may generate unique handles, but
    	they don't serve the purpose of uniqueness in the context
    	where that uniqueness is required.
    If an handle is unique it could be used in many different contexts,
    i.e. database with source: RIPE and source: SOMETHINGELSE
True, but that would only make the problem worse:
then you could have e.g. 10 Person objects which
are each unique in their own [source] context but
which actually refer to one and the same person.
In such a case I'd still prefer to have a specific
tag (like a handle) assigned centrally by RIPE even
when the source of the object is not RIPE.
The problem of delay in registrations by "regional"
registries could perhaps be overcome by an automated
"handle assignment" service by RIPE, where a handle
could be obtained interactively by authorised persons.


	Piet