1. Proposal to Clean Up Whois Database
Database SIG
APNIC 15, Taipei
26 February 2003

2. Proposal
Remove whois records that are not related to actual resource information
Remove resources information that are not in APNIC range
Modify records that are not RPSL compliant
Notes:
Removals/modification will be made after 60 days notice to the record holders
Activities reported regularly in DB-SIG and AMM

3. Source of error
Historical data
Data conversion error when upgrading from Whois v2 to Whois v3
Records not being properly maintained

4. Current Statistics As of 31st January 2003 Unused Maintainer: 21
Unused Person/Role: 27,554
Inetnum outside of APNIC range: 116
RPSL errors:
aut-num: 15
mntner: 206
inetnum: 413
inet6num: 0

5. Motivation Quality Performance Usability
APNIC db must contain correct data
Performance
Unused objects creates unnecessary burden on the server
Usability
Non-conformance historical data cannot be updated (wrong admin-c, nic-hdl, maintainer etc)

6. Objects Affected To be removed: To be corrected:
Unused maintainers
Unused person/role objects
inetnum/domain outside of APNIC range
To be corrected:
autnum
inetnum
mntner
A total of 28,000+ objects

7. Implementation Proposed Timeline 7 April 2003: Public announcement
mails to contacts of affected objects
project information and list of the affected objects in APNIC website
9 June 2003: Delete unused objects
7 July 2003: Correct RPSL non-compliance records
Correction to data conversion error: as soon as possible

8. Discussion
Consensus from DB SIG to proceed with this proposal?