Dear all,
Here's the meeting notes from our last call.
Best,
Boris
*RIPE Requirements Database Task Force Meeting Notes*
4 February 2020
Attendees: Shane Kerr, Nick Hilliard, Bijal Sanghani, James Kennedy, Edward Shryane, Maria Stafyla, Boris Duval
Agenda:
1/ Review actions
a) Nick to liaise with George Michaelson (APNIC)
Update: Nick contacted George but is still waiting from him to reply.
b) Ed to send RIPE Database stats to Nick and James
Update: Ed started to send data samples to Nick and James and is liaising with them to determine which data sets will be the most useful to analyse.
c) Boris to create and publish Database usage survey
Update: The survey is now closed and collected 206 replies. For further information see agenda item 2.
d) Maria to follow-up with the RACI programme manager if there are candidates interested in doing new research on database accuracy.
Update: Ongoing
2/ Review survey results
The task force was satisfied with the number of survey respondents and the overall quality of the feedback received.
Ed mentioned that the results were useful for the RIPE NCC Database team and complementary to the 2019 RIPE NCC survey.
Nick stressed out that some of the outcomes were peculiar.
James mentioned that he was surprised by some of the answers, especially regarding Question 3 "What do you use the RIPE Database for?”. Bijal and Shane agreed.
A high number of respondents answered that they were using the RIPE Database for personal IP address management and Geolocation purposes. These results are odd because they don’t align with the initial purpose of the Database. Nick added that the community always devised against using the Database for Geolocation but that users were still doing it anyway.
Shane shared that he was surprised by the high amount of people using the Database for abuse handling.
Ed mentioned that the Abuse C policy was rolled-out years ago and that the RIPE NCC actively promoted it.
Shane asked what the best approach would be to evaluate the feedback received and to integrate it into the requirements document.
Bijal replied that this could be discussed during the face-to-face meeting.
Shane proposed to start discussing the results with the community.
James agreed but added that it will be better to start this conversation after the next face-to-face meeting to give the Task Force more time to analyse the data.
3/ Next steps
Boris will send the survey results excluding the open questions to the mailing list.
Boris will categorise and collate the open question answers and send it to the mailing list as soon as possible.
4/ Planning next face-to-face meeting
The meeting will take place at the RIPE NCC office in Amsterdam on 18 February 2020 from 9 to 16.
The Task Force will further discuss the survey results and continue its work on the requirements document.
