[dbwg] WHOIS Modification Part 2 of 2

[Shane Kerr]

On 2002-11-20 13:55:34 -0500, ginny listman wrote:
> 
> A discussion took place during the Database Implementation Working
> Group Meeting at ARIN X in Eugene, Oregon, that networks associated
> with organizations, as well as all autonomous system queries provide a
> postal address for the holding organization. Although under the new
> system the postal address is not an attribute of the resource, this
> format would provide the same information as the old WHOIS. The change
> in display format could be handled by one of the two following
> methods:
>    1. Provide the postal address for ALL networks/autonomous systems.
>       This could lengthen the output by 2 or 4 lines in most cases.
>    2. Introduce a new flag to be included in the query string that
>       would produce the postal address for these types of queries. The
>       default display would not include postal address.
> 
> Prior to implementing these changes, ARIN is soliciting further
> comments.  Which methods are preferred? Will it be necessary to
> provide advanced notice before making the change?
> 
> If no additional comments are received before December 6, ARIN will
> begin to implement suggestion 1. It should be noted that time of
> release of this change depends upon the method selected.

I'm not sure I understand.  While organizations have addresses, networks
and ASN's can span large areas.

Is the idea to pull the address from the contact and display it with the
resource?

Shane