[DBWG] Removing short handles in WHOIS objects

[Mark Elkins]

I'll second that. Wasn't even aware of short handles.

On 2019/08/16 14:07, Job Snijders wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 03:57:31PM +0400, Michel ODOU wrote:

>> As you may know, the WHOIS allows object attributes in a short form,

>> though this is not clearly documented.

>>

>> For example,

>>

>> person:     John Doe

>> address:    Mauritius

>> phone:      tel:+230-403-5100

>> e-mail:     john.doe at afrinic.net

>> nic-hdl:    JOHNDOE

>> changed:    john.doe at afrinic.net 20190816

>> source:    AFRINIC

>>

>> and

>>

>> pn:    John Doe

>> ad:    Mauritius

>> ph:    tel:+230-403-5100

>> em:    john.doe at afrinic.net

>> nh:    JOHNDOE

>> ch:    john.doe at afrinic.net 20190816

>> so:    AFRINIC

>>

>> are the same object.

>>

>> However, as said above, this is not documented and we did not find any

>> object using these short form attribute names.  We would like to

>> remove this feature for the following reasons:

>>

>>   1. It is not used.

>>   2. Short form attribute names are difficult to read.

>>   3. They can break parsers/scripts that expect long form attribute names.

>>

>> I you have any objection, please let us know.

> I support removal of the short attribute names feature. I don't see it

> offering any value, it certainly is not a common practise in our

> industry.

>

> Kind regards,

>

> Job

>

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