Rob Blokzijl wrote: Just a couple of comments.... Ref. Section 5, "comprehensive":
From a "consumer's" point of view, the RIPE NCC Address Registry should return a valid answer about the status of *all* addresses in the IPv4 space.
The answer will necessarily be different, depending on the status of the address block and the authority regarding the answer. For those addresses, which are authoritatively managed by other RIRs, there should be an indication where to find "better" information. We are already pretty far down that path :-) Ref. Section 5, "correct": I think we shoukd find a better term than "actual use" :-) The registry imho is not in a position to rate or document the use of the address space, just the authorized holdership. This also relates to the Disincentives listed. Ref. Section 6, "Disincentives / cost": Proposal: "The cost should not be excessive|unreasonable in relation to the benefits for the Internet community." My reasoning here is that we cannot compare cost against (perceived) benefit and that the individual perception may be pretty extreme when it comes to payments :-) Thanks to the authors for taking the lead! Wilfried.