<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is an operational matter for staff… Why would it need to go through the policy process?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The policy in the CPM does not and should not specify the reporting format.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do find it interesting, however, that he considers JSON difficult to parse vs. CSV.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I find the opposite. There are many libraries available for parsing both formats, but the level of</div><div class="">consistency in the definition and syntax specification for JSON, especially around quoting and</div><div class="">handling of strings containing quote and delimiter characters plus the hierarchical dictionary</div><div class="">nature of JSON are, IMHO, a vastly superior format that is easier to parse while providing much</div><div class="">greater flexibility in the type of content delivered.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 20, 2019, at 16:54 , DANIEL NANGHAKA <<a href="mailto:dndannang@gmail.com" class="">dndannang@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Hi Raymond,<div class="">This is interesting, it has to go through a policy proposal. Policy proposal are discussed at AFRINIC meetings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">After discussion then it is passed for implementation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Daniel K. Nanghaka</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On Saturday, July 20, 2019, raymond <<a href="mailto:subs@retornam.com" class="">subs@retornam.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi,<div class="">Would it be possible for AFRINIC to adopt the transfer log format used by APNIC? </div><div class="">If so, who do I need to contact to make this happen? If not, can the fields in the JSON</div><div class="">format be documented for reference?</div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">APNIC has a well documented policy[1] on the CSV logs they produce daily at [2]</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">[1] <a href="https://www.apnic.net/about-apnic/corporate-documents/documents/policy-development/transfer-log-format/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.apnic.net/<wbr class="">about-apnic/corporate-<wbr class="">documents/documents/policy-<wbr class="">development/transfer-log-<wbr class="">format/</a></div><div class="">[2] <a href="https://ftp.apnic.net/transfers/apnic/2019/" target="_blank" class="">https://ftp.apnic.net/<wbr class="">transfers/apnic/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">APNICs format stands out as it is easy to parse the data</div><div class="">compared to the various JSON formats used by other registries(including AFRINICs)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">RIPENCC <a href="https://ftp.ripe.net/pub/stats/ripencc/transfers/" target="_blank" class="">https://ftp.ripe.net/<wbr class="">pub/stats/ripencc/transfers/</a> JSON</div><div class="">ARIN <a href="https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/transfers/" target="_blank" class="">https://ftp.arin.net/pub/<wbr class="">stats/arin/transfers/</a> JSON</div><div class="">LACNIC <a href="https://ftp.lacnic.net/pub/stats/lacnic/transfers/" target="_blank" class="">https://ftp.lacnic.net/<wbr class="">pub/stats/lacnic/transfers/</a> <wbr class="">JSON</div><div class="">AFRINIC <a href="http://ftp.afrinic.net/stats/afrinic/transfers/" target="_blank" class="">http://ftp.afrinic.<wbr class="">net/stats/afrinic/transfers/</a> <wbr class="">JSON</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/re</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
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