On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 3:19 PM Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> wrote: [...]
And as long as we are on the subject, may I safely infer from the presence, in the data base, of a dozen different networks named "ABC" that no attempt has ever been made to insure uniqueness of netnames within the data base? Are netnames even restricted, as they seem to be, to having a form which is rather strikingly reminicent of actual unique data base handles, i.e. consisting of only alphanumerics and hyphens?
Not only is uniqueness not required, the manual advises against it: "“netname:” – This is a name given to a range of IP address space. A netname is made up of letters, digits, the underscore character and the hyphen character. The first character of a name must be a letter, and the last character of a name must be a letter or a digit. It is recommended that the same netname be used for any set of assignment ranges used for a common purpose, such as a customer or service." https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation/ripe-datab...