Re: Invalid data in the RIPE database

[Willem van der Scheun <]

> 
> Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg@localhost writes
>  * 
>  *   > Laurent Joncheray lpj@localhost writes:
>  *   > 	Dear database managers,
>  *   > i had a look at some entries in the RIPE database and at the
>  *   > 'nsf-in' network attribute. For a lot of them the value in the RIPE
>  *   > db is inconsistant with the Merit (NSF) database... 
>  * 
>  * More radical question: Considering that the NSFnet is going away and
>  * the routing registry has routing policy, should these attributes
>  * be deprecated or even removed totally?
> 
> Jean-Michel writes
> 
>  * 1- obsolete this field.
>  * 2- Implement what Laurent proposes (automatic download from Merit).
> 
> I feel for Daniels and Jean-Michel's first option. They should
> definately be deprecated (although I have always viewed them as info
> only attibutes) and preferably removed. Although some people may find
> this information useful currently, wrong information is worse than no
> information. I'd say obsolete.
> 

I second that one.

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Willem