While we understand the need for strict naming convention to avoid name disputes, may I request that the rules and convention will not be hard coded in the software but put in a customisable config file. As a user of RIPE's whois software, APNIC might want to have a slightly different naming convention & rules :-)
It should be fairly straightforward to modify the rules. However, without seeing specific requirements it is hard to be certain! ;)
Thanks Shane, we can discuss the specific requirements off the list, and we'd be happy to be involved in the design & development of the code.
This is indeed our thinking, or something very similar. However, we want to do one step at a time. We would like to add the organisation object first, and then introduce a new "status:" attribute and inetnum template to include a new reference to responsible organisation(s).
I think this is especially important given the input from the community that we need to make these changes as useful as possible to the users. Getting a 10 page proposal with 3 or 4 big changes makes it difficult to see the important details, at least for me. :)
I see your point. No worries, we can discuss this later. We're quite happy with the proposal as it is :-) Cheers, Sanjaya