Hi Simon, thanks for sharing.
This really took quite a while. I've also been very quiet. Wondering if that would have been earlier if "we" had followed this request more closely...? Regards, Frank On 25/02/2021 18:05, Simon Seruyinda wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Please see attached the org-type description. > We need the working groups confirmation on whether to proceed to disable the > ones that are not applicable as described in the document. > Once the above is confirmed, next step will be to update these in the WHOIS > so that they are visible when queried with "-v organisation”. > > Regards; > Simon > > > > > >> On 4 Oct 2020, at 22:16, Frank Habicht <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Madhvi, >> >> thanks for your email. >> it corrects my perception. [and i am happy that i brought it up] >> >> I guess that we can expect both items to be done within the coming week. >> >> Regards, >> Frank >> >> On 04/10/2020 20:45, Madhvi Gokool wrote: >>> Hello Frank >>> >>> The commitment was for staff to provide a definition of the org-types to >>> the database working group and I further added that the definitions >>> should then be made available when we perform a whois query. This way, >>> they shall be publicly available to any person wanting to know what each >>> org type means . >>> >>> Logically it shall happen as follows :- >>> >>> 1. The org-types definition will be provided to the database working group >>> >>> 2. The whois database will be updated with the definitions so that they >>> are then visible through the query whois -v organisation >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Madhvi >>> >>> On 04/10/2020 9:10 PM, Frank Habicht wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> so, in order to try to start chop away from all the pending items from >>>> the meeting: >>>> >>>> there was a request (from SM, iirc) about the exact definitions what the >>>> different 'org-type:' attribute values are and what the definitions are, >>>> when to use which. >>>> >>>> Iirc, Madhvi responded that these can be obtained through whois queries. >>>> >>>> I just tried and reached as far as getting an (apparently authoritative) >>>> list of possible values. (below) >>>> >>>> I didn't find any definitions as to which value is to be used for which >>>> ORG. Can staff (maybe Madhvi) point us in the right direction? >>>> Also: if it involves the manual (which was noted to have outdated info), >>>> please confirm how current the referenced info/definitions are. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> >>>> [frank@fisi ~]$ whoisaf -- -v organisation >>>> [Querying whois.afrinic.net] >>>> [whois.afrinic.net] >>>> % This is the AfriNIC Whois server. >>>> >>>> The organisation class: >>>> >>>> The organisation class provides information identifying >>>> an organisation such as a company, charity or university, >>>> that is a holder of a network resource whose data is stored >>>> in the whois database. >>>> Organisation objects are not created automatically, but are forwarded >>>> to AfriNIC Database Administration ([email protected]). >>>> >>>> organisation: [mandatory] [single] [primary/lookup key] >>>> org-name: [mandatory] [single] [lookup key] >>>> org-type: [mandatory] [single] [ ] >>>> descr: [optional] [multiple] [ ] >>>> country: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] >>>> remarks: [optional] [multiple] [ ] >>>> address: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] >>>> phone: [optional] [multiple] [ ] >>>> fax-no: [optional] [multiple] [ ] >>>> e-mail: [mandatory] [multiple] [lookup key] >>>> org: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> admin-c: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> tech-c: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> ref-nfy: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> mnt-ref: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> notify: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> abuse-mailbox: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> mnt-by: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] >>>> changed: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] >>>> source: [mandatory] [single] [ ] >>>> >>>> The content of the attributes of the organisation class are defined below: >>>> >>>> ..... >>>> org-type >>>> >>>> Specifies the type of the organisation. The possible values are 'IANA' >>>> for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, 'RIR' for Regional Internet >>>> Registries, 'NIR' for National Internet Registries and 'LIR' for Local >>>> Internet Registries. >>>> >>>> org-type can have one of these values: >>>> >>>> o 'IANA' >>>> o 'RIR' >>>> o 'LIR' >>>> o 'EU-PI' >>>> o 'EU-AS' >>>> o 'MEMBER-ONLY' >>>> o 'CLOSED' >>>> o 'INACTIVE-MEMBER' >>>> o 'NON-REGISTRY' >>>> o 'OTHER' >>>> o 'REGISTERED-MEMBER' >>>> o 'ASSOCIATE-MEMBER' >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> DBWG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/dbwg >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DBWG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/dbwg >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> DBWG mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/dbwg > _______________________________________________ DBWG mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/dbwg
