[enum-wg] DOMAIN Object Syntax Review - Final Call

Dear colleagues,

Now that all forward DOMAIN objects have been removed, the RIPE NCC is
working on the action point from RIPE 62 that asked us to consider the
attributes in DOMAIN objects.

This topic has since been raised several times on RIPE working group
mailing lists. There has been very little community response, which may
suggest that these attributes are not important to anyone. After
discussion with the Working Group Chairs, it has been agreed to send out
a final call for comments. If there is no negative response, the syntax
change outlined below will be implemented. Please send any comments to
the DNS-WG mailing list before Monday, 2 April 2012.

The proposal is to deprecate these attributes from the DOMAIN object:
mnt-lower
sub-dom
dom-net
refer

We propose the following timeline for deprecating these four attributes:

 - Final mailing list comments by 2 April 2012

If there are no objections posted to the mailing list:
 - Announcement of the change at RIPE 64
 - Change syntax for RIPE Database updates shortly after RIPE 64
 - Notify maintainers of objects that include these attributes when
syntax is changed
 - Cleanup of data by changing any instances of these attributes into
"remarks:" by RIPE 65

Regards,

Denis Walker
Business Analyst
RIPE NCC Database Group