[DBWG] ORG-TYPE definitions

[Simon Seruyinda]

Hi Frank,

Please see attached the org-type description.
We need the working groups confirmation on whether to proceed to disable the ones that are not applicable as described in the document.
Once the above is confirmed, next step will be to update these in the WHOIS so that they are visible when queried with "-v organisation”.

Regards;
Simon

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> On 4 Oct 2020, at 22:16, Frank Habicht <geier at geier.ne.tz> wrote:

> 

> Hi Madhvi,

> 

> thanks for your email.

> it corrects my perception. [and i am happy that i brought it up]

> 

> I guess that we can expect both items to be done within the coming week.

> 

> Regards,

> Frank

> 

> On 04/10/2020 20:45, Madhvi Gokool wrote:

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 Also: if it involves the manual (which was noted to have outdated info),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