[anti-abuse-wg] Introducing the RIPE NCC Report Form

Hello all,

Just to clarify some points:

- Everything that RIPE NCC Registration Services does for a member is accurately reflected in the RIPE Database. Our registry of allocations made to members and member's organisation information is always in sync with the RIPE Database. In fact, in this case RIPE Database objects are secondary to our core registration files. 
So, as an example for the resources that are allocated by the RIPE NCC, the data is as accurate as we can contractually expect from our members. Our members are subject to our random audits and our core registry data quality is evaluated regularly. All of this is reflected in the RIPE Database.

- The RIPE Database is also a public and open database. For example, sub-assignments made by our members to their customers might be maintained by the customer. This means that there are records in the RIPE Database that are not maintained by the RIPE NCC. Those records are only subject to our automatic data clean-up processes.

- The RIPE NCC performs the automatic database clean-ups as they have been agreed by the community.

- To emphasise again, the RIPE NCC is the secretariat for the RIPE community, so if the community reaches consensus on a policy -for example, to have automatic technical checks on the validity of email addresses- then we will implement it.

- I also observed some technical suggestions about changes to the behavior of the RIPE Database, including the implementation of mechanisms like referrals. I would suggest discussing these subjects on the RIPE Database Working Group mailing list. If consensus is reached on any change, we will implement the change.

I hope this clarifies some of the concerns raised on the list.

Kind regards,
Kaveh.

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Kaveh Ranjbar
RIPE NCC Database Group Manager