[db-wg] 57.224.0.0/11

In message <491424982.3720509.1600777786877 at mail.yahoo.com>, 
"ripedenis at yahoo.co.uk" <ripedenis at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Just to be clear the "created:" attribute relates to an 'object' not to a '
>resource'. So in this case the creation date has not been changed. This is 
>a new object and the "created:" attribute reflects the date this object was
> created. The main issue with historical data in the RIPE Database is that 
>no history is available for deleted objects.

Yes.

>NWI-10, which is in the process of being implemented, will add a "country:"
> attribute to all ORGANISATION objects referenced by resource objects and
>will be maintained by the RIPE NCC.

I, for one, am certainly looking forward to that.  In fact I would be happy
to provide some assistance to staff in regards to that, if called upon.

In the absence of country: fields for ORGs, I have already worked out my
own automation which is able to correctly infer an ISO-3166 two-letter
country code in most cases, based upon clues contained within the existing
records.  I will be only too happy to share that upon request.

I should also mention however that I find one small bit of ISO-3166 itself
objectionable.  This calls for the territories known as her majesty's
kingdom of Great Britian & Northern Ireland to be designated as "GB",
which I personally find to be more mentally evocative of Gibraltar.  Thus,
I personally prefer the even more widely used designation "UK" to refer
to these geographical areas.

But I'm sure NCC staff will make an appropriate choice of designation in
these cases, and I and my scripts can certainly abide either choice.


Regards,
rfg