[ncc-services-wg] Deprecation of rev-srv attribute

Dear Colleagues,

In April 2009, the RIPE NCC announced the timeline for the deprecation
of the "rev-srv:" attribute. This announcement can be found online at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/db-wg/2009/msg00032.html

At the RIPE 58 Meeting it was agreed that the final stage would be to
convert any remaining "rev-srv:" attributes into "remarks:" attributes.

This final stage will be implemented by the RIPE NCC on Wednesday, 2
September. There are approximately 100,000 remaining "rev-srv:" attributes.

There was some discussion on the RIPE Database Working Group mailing
list about whether these attributes should be removed completely instead
of converted into remarks as most of the data concerned is likely to be
out of date and of little use to anyone. However, as no consensus was
reached on this discussion, we will continue with the current conversion
to remarks.

If you have any general comments or questions about this, please reply
to the mailing list. For more specific comments or questions, please
contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.

Regards,
Denis Walker

Business Analyst
RIPE NCC