[db-wg] RIPE Database: Cleaning-up Organisation Names in "descr:"
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Job Snijders
job at instituut.net
Tue May 10 21:56:23 CEST 2016
Dear Tim, RIPE NCC, Working-Group, On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 05:11:02PM +0200, Tim Bruijnzeels wrote: > If we perform the clean-up that was proposed your organisation name > will be removed from "descr:" in your resource objects. But note that > this *only* applies to 'top-level' objects: i.e. allocations or > assignments you received from the RIPE NCC - not e.g. assignments done > under a PA allocation. And we only perform the clean-up if the > "descr:" exactly matches the organisation name - that RIPE NCC was > enforcing. > > You can already update the "descr:" for assignments (PI and ASN) you > received. If you change the "descr:" to something other than the > organisation name they will not be touched. > > Until now it has not been possible to update "descr:" for allocation > objects. So if we would run the clean-up today that would mean that > all allocation objects end up with no "descr:" attributes. You would > however still be able to find your objects, because they have a > reference to your organisation object (and your organisation object > has your organisation name). > > We are currently working on deprecating the object editors, so you > will be able to edit the "descr:" attribute for allocations within a > few weeks from now. After this work is done, you will be able to > update your "descr:" of allocation objects as well. > > As mentioned earlier the clean-up was reverted and has been postponed. > We can run it again on 9 May, but only if the working group co-chairs > call consensus. We can also postpone the clean-up until after the > object editors are deprecated and people have had a chance to update > the "descr:" on their allocation objects. We can also cancel the > clean-up if the working group feels this is better. After reviewing the contributions made regarding this topic, we see no reason not to proceed with the 'descr:' cleanup. RIPE NCC, please schedule a window in which the clean-up will be done. Some have argued on this mailing list "leave my data alone" - however, since RIPE NCC Registration Services has been enforcing the content of this attribute, it was never 'ours' to begin with. By doing this clean-up we have the equivalent of someone relinquishing control and taking their ball home. Various people have expressed their concern that by not cleaning up the existing (enforced) "descr:' lines, the data become stale over time and thus deteriorate the quality of the database. This one-off clean-up addresses that concern. Overloading the "descr:" attribute to forcibly contain the proper legal name has always been considered a temporary hack. After this clean-up everyone is free to put in the "descr:" attribute whatever they want. Kind regards, Job DB-WG Co-chair
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