Invalid data in the RIPE database

Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg at ripe.net> writes
 * 
 *   > Laurent Joncheray <lpj at merit.edu> writes:
 *   > 	Dear database managers,
 *   > i had a look at some entries in the RIPE database and at the
 *   > 'nsf-in' network attribute. For a lot of them the value in the RIPE
 *   > db is inconsistant with the Merit (NSF) database... 
 * 
 * More radical question: Considering that the NSFnet is going away and
 * the routing registry has routing policy, should these attributes
 * be deprecated or even removed totally?

Jean-Michel writes

 * 1- obsolete this field.
 * 2- Implement what Laurent proposes (automatic download from Merit).

I feel for Daniels and Jean-Michel's first option. They should
definately be deprecated (although I have always viewed them as info
only attibutes) and preferably removed. Although some people may find
this information useful currently, wrong information is worse than no
information. I'd say obsolete.

-Marten