[ncc-services-wg] Improving Data Quality on the FTP Site

Dear colleagues,

On 7 March, we asked for feedback on our proposal to clean up the file
within the FTP site that contains allocated address space held by the
RIPE NCC membership. This file is available at:

ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/membership/alloclist.txt

We had one clarification request and one message of support. We will
update the file tomorrow and send a further announcement when the
clean-up is complete.

Kind regards,

Laura Cobley
RIPE NCC Customer Services Manager


On 3/7/13 6:10 PM, Laura Cobley wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> As part of our efforts to improve data quality across the RIPE NCC, we
> would like to update a file within the FTP site:
> 
> ftp://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/membership/alloclist.txt
> 
> According to our records, this file should contain a list of allocated
> address space held by the RIPE NCC membership. However, in addition to
> the expected data, the file also contains a number of references to
> obsoleted member accounts which no longer exist. These include, for
> example, accounts created for internal testing and accounts which have
> subsequently been renamed and therefore appear twice.
> 
> We are therefore proposing a clean-up of this data so that it shows only
> allocated address space held by the RIPE NCC membership. Other than
> removing the erroneous information, the format of the data will not be
> changed.
> 
> We plan to begin the clean-up three weeks from today (Thursday 28 March,
> 2013) and would be grateful for any feedback via this mailing list or
> sent to <ncc at ripe.net> before then.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Laura Cobley
> RIPE NCC Customer Services Manager
> 
> 
>