Proposal to Clean Up Whois Database Database SIG APNIC 15, Taipei 26 February 2003
Proposal Remove whois records that are not related to actual resource information Remove resources information that are not in APNIC range Modify records that are not RPSL compliant Notes: Removals/modification will be made after 60 days notice to the record holders Activities reported regularly in DB-SIG and AMM
Source of error Historical data Data conversion error when upgrading from Whois v2 to Whois v3 Records not being properly maintained
Current Statistics As of 31st January 2003 Unused Maintainer: 21 Unused Person/Role: 27,554 Inetnum outside of APNIC range: 116 RPSL errors: aut-num: 15 mntner: 206 inetnum: 413 inet6num: 0
Motivation Quality Performance Usability APNIC db must contain correct data Performance Unused objects creates unnecessary burden on the server Usability Non-conformance historical data cannot be updated (wrong admin-c, nic-hdl, maintainer etc)
Objects Affected To be removed: To be corrected: Unused maintainers Unused person/role objects inetnum/domain outside of APNIC range To be corrected: autnum inetnum mntner A total of 28,000+ objects
Implementation Proposed Timeline 7 April 2003: Public announcement mails to contacts of affected objects project information and list of the affected objects in APNIC website 9 June 2003: Delete unused objects 7 July 2003: Correct RPSL non-compliance records Correction to data conversion error: as soon as possible
Discussion Consensus from DB SIG to proceed with this proposal?