[db-wg] Decision on NWI-2 Historical queries

I can't think of a good reason to ever have history for attributes like
descr and remarks.

And I totally agree with Sebastian that just because the data might have
been copied by others on the internet doesn't mean that the NCC should keep
redistributing it.

-Cynthia

On Wed, May 18, 2022, 11:42 Sebastian Wiesinger via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net>
wrote:

> * denis walker via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> [2022-05-18 11:01]:
> > Hi Sebastian
> >
> > Can we clarify what historical data you are referring to? Are you
> > suggesting that absolutely no historical data should ever be made
> > available from the RIPE Database? Do you think it is wrong to provide
> > details of what organisation held a specific address block last year
> > or the year before?
> >
> > History of personal data held in the database is not available.
> > Personal data contained in operational object types is removed from
> > the data returned for a historical query. As far as possible only
> > historical operational (non personal) data is available through the
> > historical queries.
>
> I think there should at most only be the lastest data be available for
> deleted objects or none at all. There are fields like descr or remarks
> that can contain information that should no longer be present in the
> database after the object is deleted.
>
> In general I'm for removing information from a public database after
> it is supposed to be deleted. I'm not sure who is using information
> for deleted objects for anything, I at least never have.
>
> If there is a valid request for data on deleted objects it could
> always be handled by the NCC.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sebastian
>
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