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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Mark Elkins <mje@posix.co.za><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 16, 2019 2:09:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michel ODOU <michel.odou@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> dbwg@afrinic.net <dbwg@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DBWG] Removing short handles in WHOIS objects</font>
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<div class="PlainText">I'll second that. Wasn't even aware of short handles.<br>
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On 2019/08/16 14:07, Job Snijders wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 03:57:31PM +0400, Michel ODOU wrote:<br>
>> As you may know, the WHOIS allows object attributes in a short form,<br>
>> though this is not clearly documented.<br>
>><br>
>> For example,<br>
>><br>
>> person: John Doe<br>
>> address: Mauritius<br>
>> phone: tel:+230-403-5100<br>
>> e-mail: john.doe@afrinic.net<br>
>> nic-hdl: JOHNDOE<br>
>> changed: john.doe@afrinic.net 20190816<br>
>> source: AFRINIC<br>
>><br>
>> and<br>
>><br>
>> pn: John Doe<br>
>> ad: Mauritius<br>
>> ph: tel:+230-403-5100<br>
>> em: john.doe@afrinic.net<br>
>> nh: JOHNDOE<br>
>> ch: john.doe@afrinic.net 20190816<br>
>> so: AFRINIC<br>
>><br>
>> are the same object.<br>
>><br>
>> However, as said above, this is not documented and we did not find any<br>
>> object using these short form attribute names. We would like to<br>
>> remove this feature for the following reasons:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. It is not used.<br>
>> 2. Short form attribute names are difficult to read.<br>
>> 3. They can break parsers/scripts that expect long form attribute names.<br>
>><br>
>> I you have any objection, please let us know.<br>
> I support removal of the short attribute names feature. I don't see it<br>
> offering any value, it certainly is not a common practise in our<br>
> industry.<br>
><br>
> Kind regards,<br>
><br>
> Job<br>
><br>
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