[DBWG] ORG-TYPE definitions

[Frank Habicht]

Hi Simon,

thanks for sharing.

This really took quite a while.
I've also been very quiet. Wondering if that would have been earlier if
"we" had followed this request more closely...?

Regards,
Frank

On 25/02/2021 18:05, Simon Seruyinda wrote:

> 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

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

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 Also: if it involves the manual (which was noted to have outdated info),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