Hi Frank, Frank Gadegast wrote: [...]
Sure not, but sometime policies are just "in-the-way". All RIRs do meet regulary, so get their admins at a little table in a bar and simply do it ... A centralized whois isnt something "new". Its just a unique way to present information that is already available, but difficult to find.
There are more than just six organisations involved. Discussions in bars are good ways to start things off but probably not the right way to come up with full plans for an integrated service that is intended to last for a decade or more. The discussion on how best to implement the kind of service you've described is already happening in the IETF's WEIRDS WG. I doubt people would go to the effort to draft, review and redraft documents if reaching agreement and implementing the service was something that could be done in an evening. Regards, Leo