[DBWG] ORG-TYPE definitions

[Madhvi Gokool]

Hello Frank

The commitment was for staff to provide a definition of the org-types to
the database working group and I further added that the definitions
should then be made available when we perform a whois query. This way,
they shall be publicly available to any person wanting to know what each
org type means .

Logically it shall happen as follows :-

1. The org-types  definition will be provided to the database working group

2. The whois database will be updated with the definitions so that they
are then visible through the query whois -v organisation

Regards

Madhvi

On 04/10/2020 9:10 PM, Frank Habicht wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> so, in order to try to start chop away from all the pending items from

> the meeting:

>

> there was a request (from SM, iirc) about the exact definitions what the

> different 'org-type:' attribute values are and what the definitions are,

> when to use which.

>

> Iirc, Madhvi responded that these can be obtained through whois queries.

>

> I just tried and reached as far as getting an (apparently authoritative)

> list of possible values. (below)

>

> I didn't find any definitions as to which value is to be used for which

> ORG. Can staff (maybe Madhvi) point us in the right direction?

> Also: if it involves the manual (which was noted to have outdated info),

> please confirm how current the referenced info/definitions are.

>

> Thanks,

> Frank

>

>

> [frank at fisi ~]$ whoisaf -- -v organisation

> [Querying whois.afrinic.net]

> [whois.afrinic.net]

> % This is the AfriNIC Whois server.

>

> The organisation class:

>

>       The organisation class provides information identifying

>       an organisation such as a company, charity or university,

>       that is a holder of a network resource whose data is stored

>       in the whois database.

>       Organisation objects are not created automatically, but are forwarded

>       to AfriNIC Database Administration (afrinic-dbm at rafrinic.net).

>

> organisation:   [mandatory]  [single]     [primary/lookup key]

> org-name:       [mandatory]  [single]     [lookup key]

> org-type:       [mandatory]  [single]     [ ]

> descr:          [optional]   [multiple]   [ ]

> country:        [mandatory]  [multiple]   [ ]

> remarks:        [optional]   [multiple]   [ ]

> address:        [mandatory]  [multiple]   [ ]

> phone:          [optional]   [multiple]   [ ]

> fax-no:         [optional]   [multiple]   [ ]

> e-mail:         [mandatory]  [multiple]   [lookup key]

> org:            [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]

> admin-c:        [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]

> tech-c:         [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]

> ref-nfy:        [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]

> mnt-ref:        [mandatory]  [multiple]   [inverse key]

> notify:         [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]

> abuse-mailbox:  [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]

> mnt-by:         [mandatory]  [multiple]   [inverse key]

> changed:        [mandatory]  [multiple]   [ ]

> source:         [mandatory]  [single]     [ ]

>

> The content of the attributes of the organisation class are defined below:

>

> .....

> org-type

>

>    Specifies the type of the organisation. The possible values are 'IANA'

>    for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, 'RIR' for Regional Internet

>    Registries, 'NIR' for National Internet Registries and 'LIR' for Local

>    Internet Registries.

>

>      org-type can have one of these values:

>

>      o 'IANA'

>      o 'RIR'

>      o 'LIR'

>      o 'EU-PI'

>      o 'EU-AS'

>      o 'MEMBER-ONLY'

>      o 'CLOSED'

>      o 'INACTIVE-MEMBER'

>      o 'NON-REGISTRY'

>      o 'OTHER'

>      o 'REGISTERED-MEMBER'

>      o 'ASSOCIATE-MEMBER'

>

>

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