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--></style></head><body lang=en-BW link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hi Michel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:#2000'>Ms. Angela Matlapeng<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:#2000'>Software Development & Creative Solutions Freelancer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:#2000'>Email: angiematlapeng@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:michel.odou@afrinic.net">Michel ODOU</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, 16 August 2019 13:57<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dbwg@afrinic.net">dbwg@afrinic.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[DBWG] Removing short handles in WHOIS objects</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi DBWG members,<br><br>As you may know, the WHOIS allows object attributes in a short form, though this is not clearly documented.<br><br>For example,<br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>person: John Doe</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>address: Mauritius</tt><br><tt>phone: tel:+230-403-5100</tt><br><tt>e-mail: <a href="mailto:john.doe@afrinic.net">john.doe@afrinic.net</a></tt><br><tt>nic-hdl: JOHNDOE</tt><br><tt>changed: <a href="mailto:john.doe@afrinic.net">john.doe@afrinic.net</a> 20190816</tt><br><tt>source: AFRINIC</tt></span><br><br>and<br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>pn: John Doe</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>ad: Mauritius</tt><br><tt>ph: tel:+230-403-5100</tt><br><tt>em: <a href="mailto:john.doe@afrinic.net">john.doe@afrinic.net</a></tt><br><tt>nh: JOHNDOE</tt><br><tt>ch: <a href="mailto:john.doe@afrinic.net">john.doe@afrinic.net</a> 20190816</tt><br><tt>so: AFRINIC</tt></span><br><br>are the same object.<br><br>However, as said above, this is not documented and we did not find any object using these short form attribute names.<br>We would like to remove this feature for the following reasons:<o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>It is not used.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Short form attribute names are difficult to read.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>They can break parsers/scripts that expect long form attribute names.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal>I you have any objection, please let us know.<br><br>Regards,<br>Michel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>