[db-wg] country codes in the RIPE Database (was: ORGANISATION country code)

Hi Denis,

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On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 at 05:42, denis walker <ripedenis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 16:37, Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:

> > My concern is that lots of users will not be aware of the change, or
> > not have the resources to adapt to it in a timely fashion. So, if any
> > change is made, it ought to be accompanied by a change management
> > plan. The alternative is guessing and hoping and I personally believe
> > that is not the responsible path.
>
> I see your point. We have many examples over the years of changes that
> have been made and some people haven't responded to those changes
> years later. From the Early Registration Transfer (ERX) project we did
> 20 years ago there are still INETNUM objects with the combined data
> from ARIN and RIPE and a comment asking resource holders to update the
> object.
>
> We have three options here.

I am confident that there are more than those three options.

We could reach out to people at the various organisations that we know
use the country data. These include economists, telecoms regulators,
and the companies that provide GeoIP services. There could be others
and it is possible that the people who use the country data know them
and could encourage them to share their needs.

At the other end of the process, the RIPE NCC could engage staff or
third-party professional services companies to directly contact each
registrant and walk them through making updates.

Those are just two. I am sure that there are others.

Kind regards,

Leo