Modifying references to contact info in the RIPE DB

  Hi Joao!

>If the reference is by name then when I query the DB I will get the list of 
>persons with that name, right?

  Right.

>Whether the object belongs to the person or not is not going to save this 
>person from being contacted. From the point of view of the database and the 
>user querying it, the object belongs to that person.

  Right

>The link is via a name.
>
>Now we substitute the reference by name with a reference by nic handle 
>pointing to the same person.
>What is the difference?
>
>ALMOST NONE except that:

  True, for the case where there is a strict one-to-one mapping, 
  e.g the recursion using the name returns *one* object.
  
  What do you suggets to do with the case where the recursion, based on
  the names, returns a *set* of objects?
  I can see 2 approaches (at least):

  - do not perform the handle substitution for that referring object
    and put it on the list of those requiring human intervention

  - expand the xxxx-c: list (which? the tech-c:?) to refer to *all*
    objects, but by ref'ing their handles
    
  While human beings are quite clever in selecting the "proper" instance
  of a person: object (by looking at country, address, email,...) a script
  might be quite clueless with that respect :-)
  
  Wilfried.
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