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

denis walker wrote:
> > What we are missing is a meaning for the application of these codes in
> > the context of the RIPE database.
> 
> This is exactly what I said. In the quoted para above I said "the
> country codes have a well defined meaning", which you agree with. Then
> I said "but when entered by users no one knows what it's purpose is.".
> Another way of saying no one knows their meaning in the context of the
> database, which you also agree with.
> 
> > 
> > But even if we started to define a meaning at this late stage, who
> > would choose to use it?


I'm afraid even with detailed documentation available some people won't
read them and make up their own meaning for the attributes. But there's
little that can be done for that. Having an explicit, consistent and
documented meaning is much better than not.

It might have been preferable in NWI-10 to use a different attribute
name (e.g. org-country or legal-country) for ORGANISATIONS, to make it
even more evident that it has a different meaning, but it is still
clear for those interested in getting things right.

I think Denis proposal makes sense.

Regards

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