[apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects

>For me these two phrases, DELEGATED-TO-LIR and
>ASSIGNED-TO-END-USER, hit the spot precisely!

>excellent suggestion Guy!

>Is it appropriate to request consideration of these terms as replacements
>for ASSIGNED and ALLOCATED?


Wouldn't it be a good idea to standardize the terminology with ARIN and 
others? In that case, the term LIR would be considered obscure and 
meaningless. Since all LIRs are service providers of some sort, either 
ISPs or an internal network service provider, I think that a standard 
terminology should try to use generic terms.

That would mean either DELEGATED-TO-SVC-PROVIDER or DELEGATED-TO-NSP if 
you like acronyms (Network Service Provider). In any case, because the 
distinction between "allocated" and "assigned" has been unclear in the 
past and because there is a significant shift in terminology from 
"allocated" to "delegated" this change should be incorporated in an 
informational RFC. This document would help in clarifying that there is 
indeed a difference between the two states of an address block and would 
also help in promoting the use of this terminology amongst the community 
that deal with IP address delegations and assignments.

DELEGATED-TO-NSP and ASSIGNED-TO-USER are two terms that would be clear 
worldwide.

Michael Dillon
Network Product Engineering
Radianz