Re: Deletion of German domains

believe me, i do understand and have sympathy with the view consistancy issue. but ... please explain how i can reconcile

All person objects will stay in the RIPE Database until moved to DENIC one (with different suffix).

with

Current setup of the RIPE database requires that the database (source) should be self consistent - that is no external references are allowed. Referral mechanism for domains is different.

given whois -h whois.ripe.net dom.ain.de returning <handle>-DENIC, so i then follow with whois -h whois.ripe.net <handle>-DENIC i can only conclude, givem the first quoted paragraph above, that the data must be manually entered in both databases or that ripe mirrors denic's database. randy, clueless in seattle