I can't think of a good reason to ever have history for attributes like descr and remarks.
And I totally agree with Sebastian that just because the data might have been copied by others on the internet doesn't mean that the NCC should keep redistributing it. -Cynthia On Wed, May 18, 2022, 11:42 Sebastian Wiesinger via db-wg <[email protected]> wrote: > * denis walker via db-wg <[email protected]> [2022-05-18 11:01]: > > Hi Sebastian > > > > Can we clarify what historical data you are referring to? Are you > > suggesting that absolutely no historical data should ever be made > > available from the RIPE Database? Do you think it is wrong to provide > > details of what organisation held a specific address block last year > > or the year before? > > > > History of personal data held in the database is not available. > > Personal data contained in operational object types is removed from > > the data returned for a historical query. As far as possible only > > historical operational (non personal) data is available through the > > historical queries. > > I think there should at most only be the lastest data be available for > deleted objects or none at all. There are fields like descr or remarks > that can contain information that should no longer be present in the > database after the object is deleted. > > In general I'm for removing information from a public database after > it is supposed to be deleted. I'm not sure who is using information > for deleted objects for anything, I at least never have. > > If there is a valid request for data on deleted objects it could > always be handled by the NCC. > > Best Regards > > Sebastian > > -- > GPG Key: 0x58A2D94A93A0B9CE (F4F6 B1A3 866B 26E9 450A 9D82 58A2 D94A 93A0 > B9CE) > 'Are you Death?' ... IT'S THE SCYTHE, ISN'T IT? PEOPLE ALWAYS NOTICE THE > SCYTHE. > -- Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change > your subscription options, please visit: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/db-wg >
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