[db-wg] geolocation and current purposes

denis walker wrote:
> If this was the main reason for "geofeed:" it would not be covered by
> the current purposes. This is a single operator using the RIPE
> Database to make an announcement or a statement about some aspect of
> their resources to anyone. It is not 'coordination between network
> operators', even though the announced information could be used by
> other operators as well as anyone else. If you look back at the early
> docs on the registry, geolocation data is not part of the
> registration data. So none of the current purposes would cover this
> aspect. It does seem to be a perfectly reasonable use of the RIPE
> Database for resource holders to provide information about the
> resources to a wide variety of people, not only other operators. This
> is why, as I keep saying, we need to have a wider discussion about
> how people use the database today and review the old defined
> purposes. 
> I know the purposes of the RIPE Database are the 'elephant in the
> room'...

FWIW adding a purpose for the RIPE DB of "allowing the resource holders
a place to make available to the public information related to those
resources" seems perfectly reasonable to me.

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