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[ncc-services-wg] Re: [db-wg] Status of 'org' attribute
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MarcoH
marcoh at marcoh.net
Wed Jul 13 18:23:47 CEST 2005
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 06:11:28PM +0200, Shane Kerr wrote: > There are two different sets of rules here. > > The first is for the database: in the case of AUT-NUM objects, the > "org:" attribute is optional. This allows AUT-NUM objects that have > been assigned before the ORGANISATION class was added to exist, without > references to dummy or incorrect objects. > > We can make "org:" mandatory in AUT-NUM objects. We have made other > attributes mandatory in the past, without updating existing objects. > This means that old AUT-NUM objects would not be fixed, but any modified > objects must have an "org:". Our experience is that this discourages > people from updating these objects, so some of them become less > accurate, because people do not bother to fix them. > > The second set of rules is for the resource request process: in the case > of ASN requests, we need to know which organisation will be using the > ASN. This information is published in the resulting AUT-NUM object, so > from this point of view it is a required attribute. > > Essentially, the database syntax can see seen as a sub-set of the > business requirements for assigning an ASN. Hmm, at least your story confirms the one I got from hostmaster later today :) >From a database point of view, I understand it's better to keep it optional because of all the legacy objects. But for people who don't read any manual, it's very confusing and annoying. Is there a way or is it an idea to at least change the template returned with -t to mandatory or as I'm probably not the first one hitting this, to have the hostmaster bot send a more descriptive error ? Grtx, MarcoH
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