[DBWG] Removing short handles in WHOIS objects

[angela matlapeng]

Hi Michel

I am quite new to the internet society and working groups, particularly this one. As it is, I am unfamiliar with proceedings especially on where to find documentation of current work being done or discussed in a WG so as to follow and contribute accordingly.

However I agree 100% with the reasons given. I for one am a lazy developer so I would probably not mind implementing short names but you are right, they are confusing as custom standard is at least 3 characters. One does really struggle with the reading of 2 character attribs.


Best Regards,

Ms. Angela Matlapeng
Software Development & Creative Solutions Freelancer
Email: angiematlapeng at gmail.com

From: Michel ODOU
Sent: Friday, 16 August 2019 13:57
To: dbwg at afrinic.net
Subject: [DBWG] Removing short handles in WHOIS objects

Hi DBWG members,

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.

Regards,
Michel

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