Maintainer template

The person template is used to create a new person object that can be used as:

admin-c/tech-c of the new maintainer object
a contact point for objects representing Internet resources in the APNIC Whois Database

If you already have an existing person object you wish to refer to in the maintainer object, please delete the person template attached and replace it with a copy of your existing object.

Person name (person)

The person name (person) should accurately identify the person this object represents. You must use both the given name and surname of the person. The database cannot accept person objects that contain only one name. If you have only a given name without a surname, please enter your given name twice.

Do not use titles such as Mr, Ms, and Dr as part of the person's name.

Example:

Ky Xander

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Contact address (address)

The contact address (address) should contain the full postal address where the person can be contacted.

Example:

address:	ExampleNet Service Provider
address:	2 Pandora St Boxville
address:	Wallis and Futuna Islands

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ISO 3166 code (country)

The country attribute should contain the most appropriate two-letter ISO 3166 code for the country or economy the person lives in.

Example:

country: WF

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Contact phone number (phone)

The contact phone number (phone) attribute should contain a phone number where the person can be reached in business hours.

You must supply the phone number using the following format:

+<international code>-<area/city code>-<exchange>-<subscriber>

Example:

phone: +680-368-0844

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Contact fax number (fax-no)

This attribute is optional.

The contact fax number (fax-no) attribute should contain a fax number where the person can be reached in business hours.

You must supply the fax number using the following format:

+<international code>-<area/city code>-<exchange>-<subscriber>

Example:

fax-no: +680-367-1797

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Contact email address (email)

The contact email address (email) attribute should contain a valid RFC 822 compliant email address where the person can be contacted.

Example:

email: kxander@example.com

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NIC-handle (nic-hdl)

The NIC-handle (nic-hdl) is used to uniquely identify the person object in the APNIC Whois Database. The person object templates in this form already contain the temporary NIC-handles AUTO-1 and AUTO-2. If you need to create more than two person objects in this form, please copy the template and increment the AUTO NIC-handle number.

The database will generate a NIC-handle based on the initials of the name specified in the person attribute.

Example:

nic-hdl: AUTO-1

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Remarks (remarks)

The remarks attribute can be used for any remarks about the person that cannot be expressed in any of the other attributes. Remarks should be only be included if they provides extra information to users of the database. For example, if the person object will be used as a contact for an IP resource range, but you do not wish to receive abuse reports to the email address specified in the email attribute, you could use the remark attribute to direct users to an abuse contact.

You may use multiple lines, but please keep remarks to a minimum.

Example:

remarks: Please send all abuse reports to abuse@example.com

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