[db-wg] Change of Country entries in the database

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, leo vegoda wrote:

> Hank Nussbacher <hank at att.net.il> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >I wouldn't make it optional
> 
> What is the benefit of having it as a mandatory attribute?

If this is optional, many will not fill out this data (especially those 
who operate in more then one country as well as some other people who
are just "lazy" and do not fill out optional fiels). But if this field
is mandatory, this will always exist and organizations operating in more 
then one country will provide exact data about those countries. 

So making this madatory makes, whois data a lot more valuable when trying 
to create statistics on ip allocations and use in different regions.

And although I'm not from RIPE region, I'd like to state my support for 
doing it as Shane suggested (Country: NL, BE, DE).

-- 
William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william at elan.net