You're looking at an older version: 1
The current (published) version is 2The proposal is about extending RIPE Document ripe-563, “Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE Database”,to Legacy Internet Resource Holders.
The proposed modification adds a new section to the current policy text.
New section:
This policy applies to:
ripe-563 introduced the new contact attribute, “abuse-c:”. Although this attribute is mandatory for all aut-num objects and for at least every direct allocated inetnum and inet6num object, it cannot be enforced on Legacy Internet Resources. (See ripe-639, “RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet ResourceHolders”, section 1.2, paragraph 2.)
This difference in dealing with resources assigned or allocated by the RIPE NCC versus Legacy Internet Resources leads not only to an inconsistent data model used in the RIPE Database but also to poor data quality or lack of abuse contacts for some resources entered into the database.
It will be a benefit for the entire Internet community to have better quality of abuse contact data.