Proposal to change the RIPE Database schema
for abuse contact information Summary:
The purpose of this proposal is to change the RIPE Database
schema to make abuse contact information more visible, available
and useful to users.
The main changes we propose are:
- To hide attributes that contain e-mail addresses in the default
output of queries. We will provide an option to disable this feature.
- To add a new "abuse-mailbox:" attribute to person,
role, irt, mntner
and organisation objects.
- To provide an option to display only key attributes and abuse
contacts.
- To change the irt object template so that the
"signature:" and "encryption:" attributes
are no longer mandatory.
- To change the behaviour of the '-c' switch in whois queries.
- We will announce the changes on our website. We will also contact
any third-party software developers who rely on the RIPE Database
for abuse contact information.
You can read the minutes from the Database Working Group discussion
at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/db-wg/2004/msg00469.html
Full Text of Proposal
The full text of the proposal is available here:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/db-wg/2005/msg00057.html
Along with this proposal, new object ordering will be implemented:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/db-wg/2005/msg00016.html
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