From owner-db-wg@ripe.net Thu Jun 24 15:23:02 1999 From: Joao Luis Silva Damas <joao@ripe.net>

ALMOST NONE except that: from that point on if someone else with a name equal to one already in the database is entered into the database the reference will not be made ambiguous while if we leave it as a reference by name it sure becomes ambiguous.

I agree with Joao that there is virtually nothing to lose. I don't think it is better to have a reference by name with a single incorrect instance of a person object with that name, rather than a NIC-handle reference to the same incorrect instance... (By incorrect instance I mean a person object with the same name, but who has nothing to do with the referring object). At the same time the benefit is obvious (see above). Also, the longer one delays this process, the better the chances to have several instances to be handled manually (i.e. to try to identify the correct person object from several ones with the same name). Just my 2 filler (.01 HUF). :)) Janos