< rant >

> "While the IETF published one of the specifying documents for RPS
> [RFCXXXX], effective change control for RPSL today lies with the RIPE
> community [ref]. However, it is in scope to use the Remarks: field..."

i wish.  ripe has the energy and the momentum.  ripe does a lot of the
docs.  ripe has running code.  and ripe is where this is moving forward
in the sense of documentation and open code.  otoh, most rirs are moving
on hacking geofeed: attributes.  massimo tracks far better than i.

but the rirs are immature siblings who pretend to get along when
grownups are watching, but fight dirty in the back seat of the car.  do
not judge their words; but their actions.  arin does not even have a
remarks: attribute, as you can see in the draft.

and if you wonder if this is a disservice to the members, note that arin
membership, last time i asked, represents less than 20% of the address
holders in their region.

so, ripe is indeed where it is happening.  but saying that ripe has
change control of the rpsl specification in the ietf sense is a dream.

how about

   The original RPSL specifications starting with [RIPE81], [RIPE181],
   and a trail of subsequent documents were done by the RIPE community.
   The IETF standardardized RPSL in [RFC2622] and [RFC4012].  Since
   then, it has been modified and extensively enhanced in the RIR
   community, mostly by RIPE, [RIPE-DB].  Currently, change contol
   effectively lies in the operator community.

randy

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