[apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects

At 11:56 AM 6/12/2002, Guy Davies wrote:
>I tend to agree with Nigel, although I'd go for something even
>plainer like DELEGATED-TO-LIR and ASSIGNED-TO-END-USER (I know
>they're a bit verbose but they're absolutely clear ;-)  It also makes
>clear that addresses assigned to an LIR in the role of END-USER are
>exactly that.  That way, an individual who is struggling with English
>as a second language (or even their first language ;-) can be
>absolutely clear of the status of a range of addresses.

This is an excellent idea. However I would use 
ALLOCATED_TO_LIR and ASSIGNED_TO_END_USER.
That way we clarify the subtle difference while
maintaining consistency with existing documentation.

(If I remember correctly the term DELEGATED was suggested at the time,
but not used because of its usage in the DNS context as well as
the connotation of total transfer of authority over the resource which 
is not quite the case.)

Daniel