[db-wg] NCC still enforcing descr: content

Hi Job


On 12/08/2015 20:55, Job Snijders wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 08:43:50PM +0200, denis wrote:
>> Another point just crossed my mind. The "descr:" attribute is
>> mandatory in the following object types:
>> inetnum
>> inet6num
>> aut-num
>> route
>> route6
>> various set objects
>>
>> Was the first "descr:" attribute in all these object types constrained
>> to represent the organisation?
>
>  From the above list only in inetnum, inet6num, aut-num. In route and
> route6 it can be whatever you want but the presence of the 'descr:'
> attribute is mandatory.
>
>> If not which ones was it constrained in, which ones are you going to
>> make it optional in and which are going to be 'cleaned up'?
>
> As I understood 'option B' the clean-up would happen for "descr:" lines
> which were/are enforced, if they aren't enforced then we can assume the
> data is what the End User wants it to be, and there would be no need to
> touch such lines.

So are you OK with a final situation where "descr:" is optional in some 
objects and still mandatory in others?

>
>> As for what does a description mean in any/each of these object types
>> I will leave that to the more operationally minded people in the
>> community. But I think it would be good to clarify what it does mean
>> in each object type as this has never been defined before.
>
> For me as operator, I think I'd like "descr:" to be a one-line
> description what the object is about. If an organisation has many
> aut-nums, it would be beneficial if there is one line which describes
> the differences between all those aut-nums by providing a one-line
> summary. Because of "org:" I can programmatically follow which
> organisation it belongs to, but some more meta-data might be useful.

As a neutral observer from operational point of view, that makes sense 
to me. But does that mean you would like to make the attribute 'single' 
instead of 'multiple' as it is now? If you make it single what would you 
do with objects that already have multiple lines (besides the org name)? 
You could convert any existing additional lines into "remarks:".

cheers
denis

>
> Thoughts?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Job
>