RE: [apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects

[Geoff Huston <gih@telstra.net>]

> > 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.)


To me "DELEGATED-TO-LIR" makes sense, as it infers that the
process of further delegation can be used with sub-blocks and/or
atomic units can be "ASSIGNED-TO-END-USERs with the inference that
no further sub assignments are anticipated.


   Geoff




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