[ARIN-consult] Consultation on Orphaned Organization (Org) and Point of Contact (POC) Records

[Michael Richardson]

ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
    > An analysis of the ARIN registry for orphaned records has shown the
    > following results:

    > Total # of registered Orgs in ARIN's database:  926,474
    > Total # of Orgs that have been orphaned for 1+ years:  317,730
    > Total # of Orgs that have been orphaned for 2+ years:  254,275

    > Total # of registered POCs in ARIN's database:  919,050
    > Total # of POCs that have been orphaned for 1+ years:  351,644
    > Total # of POCs that have been orphaned for 2+ years:  291,741

I'm curious what the average age of the orphaned entries are?
I would have figured it was 10 to 15 years old...

I'm also surprised at the number that are orphaned in the single year
between 1+ and 2+ (roughly 60K entries for each).  I think it would be useful
to understand why those POCs were created so "recently" only to be
orphaned.

    > The proposed procedure would result in the deletion and archival of all
    > Orgs and POCs that have been orphaned for 2 or more years.   This
    > procedure would be run on a quarterly basis initially, with the plan
    > being to move to a more frequent basis (such as monthly) once there is
    > operational experience.  All orphaned data will be removed from the
    > database and archived in perpetuity.  Note that deleted unique Org and
    > POC handles will not be re-utilized.

This sounds like a great plan.
Is there a way to keep a POC from being deleted orphaned, even though it
might not have any current use?

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