[db-wg] IM contact

SIP would be a good generic form of contact, I agree. Perhaps, taking  
things one step further the RIPE NCC could set up an INOC-DBA thing  
among its members, by providing the actual sip phones and setting up  
a SIP server, like registro.br does for anyone who is issued an ASN  
by them in Brazil.
It being a "closed" set of phones (the device, or SIP sw, needs to be  
registered with the server, it addresses most of the spam problem and  
it ties together the set of people who would benefit from operational  
coordination capabilities)

Joao Damas

On 13 Aug 2007, at 05:30, Sascha Lenz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sander Steffann wrote:
>
>>>> 	existing 'role' object.  Use of a different word to
>>> describe this
>>>> 	hint in the URI field would perhaps make things clearer, thus:
>>>>
>>>> 	  URI: <purpose (or whatever)> <URI> [optional] [multiple]
>>> hmm, why not go with a generic "attribute:" field then and stick all
>>> semantics in a free form optional label?
>> Well, I think the semantics are clear for this: Make one field  
>> type to put
>> contact information in, without having to make a different field  
>> type for
>> every type of communication.
>> You still have the 'how to contact someone' semantics, without  
>> fixing it to
>> one type of communication. The alternative (if we want different  
>> types of
>> contact information) is to add a "sip:" field, an "icq:" field, a  
>> "jabber:"
>> field, a "skype:" field, etc.
>> I personally would prefer a single field with a flexible uri than  
>> all these
>> different types. As long as the semantics of the field remain 'how to
>> contact someone' ofcourse.
>
> like i mentioned before, i probably would support a more "standard"  
> thing like SIP, and a generic "uri:" option woulnd't be too bad.
> I can't say anything against it, no problems. Why not.
> The idea is somewhat appealing to me, although i still think, phone 
> +email is enough for everyone :-)
>
> But i'm totally against anything like "im:" or even "icq: .. skype:.."
> This still sounds stupid. If at all, we should go with the generic  
> version to make everyone happy.
>
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