On Wednesday, Aug 20, 2003, at 19:10 Europe/Amsterdam, Shane Kerr wrote:
Also, part of the idea of having a key-cert object was to allow users to check, not the DB, and to maintain DB self-consistency. Are these no longer desired features?
I wasn't really aware that this was a goal of the DB. AFAIK, the database is not intended as a generic key repository, for instance.
No, it is not, and that is a good feature, I think.
One of the key pieces missing from the RIPE Database is a document describing what the philosophy of the Database is. The RIPE NCC staff working in the DB group have a feeling for what parts of the philosophy are, and certainly people involved in the community for a time know the history. I'm talking about things like, "the data belongs to the users, not the RIPE NCC" and "all of the data in the database is public".
Perhaps, maybe an item for the agenda in 2 weeks time? Wilfried?
I think it would be useful to have a document that describes this. If other people think this could be useful, perhaps we can convince some people to author some text for this. Volunteers? :)
I am willing to contribute within my limited understanding of the DB :) Joao