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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Of course it’s not necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 my understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk <ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk>
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<b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2020 13:55<br>
<b>An:</b> 'db-wg@ripe.net' <db-wg@ripe.net>; Lutz Donnerhacke <L.Donnerhacke@iks-service.de><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [db-wg] MNTNER Naming : Consensus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Hi Lutz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">There is no requirement for a source on a MNTNER name. So in your example the MNTNER could simply be NCC-MNT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">denis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">co-chair DB-WG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Thursday, 1 October 2020, 08:53:56 CEST, Lutz Donnerhacke via db-wg <<a href="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net">db-wg@ripe.net</a>> wrote:
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<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">So the general scheme is SOURCE-NAME-FUNCTION, i.e. RIPE-NCC-MNT ?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> db-wg <<a href="mailto:db-wg-bounces@ripe.net">db-wg-bounces@ripe.net</a>>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>William Sylvester via db-wg<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 30. September 2020 21:44<br>
<b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:db-wg@ripe.net">db-wg@ripe.net</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [db-wg] MNTNER Naming : Consensus</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">db-wg members,
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<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">The chairs of the database working group believe there is a consensus to have a standardised name format for creating new
 MNTNER objects. There was talk of a prefix (MNT-) or a suffix (-MNT). When creating a new standard it doesn't really make sense to introduce a standard with multiple formats. As there are currently 36347 MNTNERs that end with -MNT and 12480 MNTNERs that start
 with MNT-, we suggest that the standard should be to end with -MNT.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">We ask the RIPE NCC to take the next steps in moving this request forward, conducting an impact analysis, and proceed with
 implementation. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Best regards.
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<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">William & denis</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="ydp504372b2yiv8591108140msonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">db-wg chairs</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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