Short summaries of WG sessions [DataBase]

>   Input received from the DNS-WG asked for a referral mechanism in the
>   RIPE-DB to support registering 2nd and lower level domain objects at the
>   site of a TLD Administration, but still offering access with whois by way
>   of the RIPE-DB. There was a reasonable number of TLDs represented that
>   promised support on their end for implementing that approach. 
> 
>   The decision reached calls for an interim solution to add a referral
>   mechanism to domain: objects.  This would only be used in (TLD) domain:
>   objects that describe the TLD and point to the authoritative DB that holds
>   the 2nd and any lower level data.

Who are working on the referral mechanism?
Is there some info on the net about the current state?
I've a few idea and I don't want to reinvent the wheel. ;-)

Gabor