Hi Guys I agree that this would be more suited as a policy clause rather than just an agreed NWI documented in the mailing list archives. I suggested years ago that we should have a RIPE Database Policy. This could be a good moment to create one. Even if, for now, communication methods was the only article in the policy. Although we could merge RIPE-705 Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE Database with it. RIPE-705 also only has a single article in the policy. So we could start with: ------------------------------------------------------ RIPE-nnn RIPE Database Policy 1.0 Abuse Contact Information bla bla bla 2.0 Communication Methods bla bla bla ------------------------------------------------------ I am sure more articles will follow. cheers denis On Thu, 29 May 2025 at 11:54, Niall O'Reilly <niall.oreilly@ucd.ie> wrote:
On 25 May 2025, at 23:49, Leo Vegoda wrote:
Recommendation for Impact Assessment
The impact assessment provided by the RIPE NCC should note any contact method requirements specified in policy. It should also note where the policy does not specify a contact method requirement.
The RIPE NCC might want to note the impact of enforcing policy requirements when more user choice is offered at the database layer.
These seem to me to be sound recommendations. Following them may reveal the need to develop revised policy, rather than just to agree a new NWI.
RIPE has a tradition of finding a good balance between formality and pragmatism; I expect that the WG and NCC will find the right path in this case too.
Best regards,
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