The premise on which all could be based - that the various gov't databases
are in synch - is false.  I've had several instances in which the ABN
database and ASIC database return different values for the same entity.

Ron Stark

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lucian Daniel Kafka [mailto:luci§conexim.com.au]
>Sent: Friday, 16 May 2003 5:47 PM
>To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] Business name validation algorithms for .au regos
>
>
>At 05:31 PM 16/05/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>> > As a side issue - shouldn't the business name stored at 
>AusRegistry be
>>100%
>> > identical with the name returned from the government registries?
>>
>>As you no longer need to have a company name or business name 
>to register
>>.au domain names, there seems little point in worrying about 
>whether the
>>contents of the "Registrant" field exactly match a company or 
>business name
>>issued by ASIC or State governments.  Over time, more 
>registrations will be
>>based on other criteria, such as "close and substantial 
>connection", etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>Regards, Mark
>
>Close and substantial connections still have a principal 
>entity name/number 
>attached to it. The entity name is the one in question - being 
>business, or 
>personal trading name, etc.
>
>
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Lucian Kafka
>www.conexim.com.au
>
>
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