[db-wg] Country attribute to be removed?

On Fri, 28 May 2004, Engin Gunduz wrote:

> Hi Hank,
>
> On 2004-05-28 06:45:33 +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> > From the RIPE 48 minutes provided by Nick Hyrka:
> >
> > >DATABASE WORKING GROUP
> > >
> > >- It was agreed that the 'country:' attribute should be either removed or
> > >be optional.
> >
> > I was not at the meeting but reading over the PDF:
> > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-48/presentations/ripe48-db-country.pdf
> >
> > I believe the consensus in db-wg was to add a ZZ code and *not* to drop the
> > country attribute totally.  Israel uses the country attribute to filter ISP
> > prefixes at its IIX:
> > http://www.isoc.org.il/fr_reload.html?iix/2x_tech.4
> >
> > When was it agreed to have it removed?
>
> Using ZZ was my preference in my presentation.  However, during the discusion
> that took place after the presentation, the WG in the room agreed that the
> 'country:' attribute should be either removed or be optional.

Can we have a list of who was in attendance, and how many people voted in
favor of removing the country attribute and whether people realized
that the country attribute is used by organizations?

And what is the rule on consensus - does attendance at the RIPE conference
have more weight than discussion in the online mailing list?

-Hank

>
> Regards,
> -engin
>
>
> --
> Engin Gunduz
> RIPE NCC Software Engineering Department
>
> > -Hank
>