Hello all of you, Because we now have the RIPE database, I am investigating how we could registrate the addressing including defining the authorities. I hope to do thing together with the NNI (the NSO of the Netherlands). What do I have in mind (and please provide you remarks on this!): - I define 'domain' in this case as: part of the NSAP address starting at the beginning of the NSAP address and ending at some hierarchical point in the NSAP address structure. - - try to stimulate ISO, to put in the top level 'domains' in the RIPE database. They are the 'domain' authority of e.g. 38, 38, 47, etc. So dom-prefix, dom-name, descr, admin-c, source, remark, changed and guardian are under authority of ISO. No routing info is allowed. - try to stimulate ISO to put in the 'domains' that are part of the authority of ISO, e.g. 38 xxx (where XXX is DCC). So every country (like Holland) gets an entry in the RIPE database. So dom-prefix, dom-name, descr, admin-c, source, remark, changed, guardian are under authority of ISO. tech-c could be under authority of NSO. No routing info is allowed. - try to stimulate BSI to put in 'domain' 47 xxx (where xxx= ICD). So every international organization (like NORDUNET) gets an RIPE database entry. So dom-prefix, dom-name, descr, admin-c, source, remark, changed and guardian are under authority of BSI. tech-c could be under authority of intern. organization. No routing info is allowed. - - try to stimulate the NSO (in case of DCC, like NNI, AFNOR) to input their 'domains'. So every national organization (like SURFnet bv) gets an entry in the database. So dom-prefix, dom-name, descr, admin-c, source, remark, changed and guardian are under authority of NSO. Routing information will be given under authority of the national organization. tech-c could be under authority of national organization. - - the national organization (like SURFnet bv) inputs its 'domains' in the RIPE database. So every institute/etc. (like SARA) gets an entry. So dom-prefix, dom-name, descr, admin-c, source, remark, changed and guardian are under authority of nat. organization. tech-c could be under authority of institute. Routing information (if different from the nat.organization) can inputed by insitute, only with the consent of the nat. organization. So NO change may be made to this information without agreement with national organization. Remark: I interpretated 'guardian' as a person that gets information when something is changed. I think no more leveling is needed. If so let me know. Is the above scene workable? All the best, Victor