[ncc-services-wg] Re: [db-wg] The New "organisation object" Proposal

At 10:40 +0200 29/8/03, Engin Gunduz wrote:
>
>> database. I am in favor using the VAT number for organisations in EU
>> countries and soon in the Eastern Europe Accessing countries and any other
>> national registration number for those organisations established in non-EU
>> countries.
>
>The problem I see here is: This number will mean very little to the whois
>users
>outside the EU. If somebody puts any kind of number which is meaningful
>only in the organisation's country, then an explanation of what that number
>is, and how it can be used, must be put in a "remarks:" attribute. Thus
>a "remarks:" attribute is already required??

and in addition it is possible for an organisation to:

a	Not have a VAT number

b	Not be willing to make their VAT number public, I have a couple of
clients who only hand that information out to organisations that have a
need to know the number for tax reclamation purposes. Whereas they would be
happy for the NCC to have the number for billing purposes they would not be
happy allowing it into the public domain in the dB.

	f