nix via agora-discussion [2023-03-31 10:45]: > On 3/31/23 07:56, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > > > 13. (Open Ended) What technology would you like to see Agora adopt or use > > > more? > > Technical standards for reports or records. > > I'm curious, could you give more detail for what you have in mind for this?
Well. Let me tell you about my registrar setup: I have a log file where I record all relevant events. It's ad-hoc, just English sentences describing events (with some patterns, sure). For example: > [2022-11-27] Jason CoEd last report. > [2022-11-27] Jason changed eir name to Janet > [2022-11-27] Janet changed eir email to <ag...@randomcat.org> > [2022-11-28] Weekly report > [2022-12-10] the Astrally Forged made emself inactive by announcement > [2023-01-16] juan intends without 3 objections to deregister Cap'n > [2023-01-16] juan intends without 3 objections to deregister cuddlybanana > [2023-01-16] juan intends without 3 objections to deregister orb > [2023-01-16] juan intends without 3 objections to deregister Pilgore > [2023-01-16] juan intends without 3 objections to deregister R. Lee > [2023-01-16] juan intends without 3 objections to deregister Vitor Gonçalves > [2023-01-16] cuddlybanana makes a public announcement > [2023-01-20] juan deregisters Cap'n, orb, Pilgore, R. Lee, Vitor Gonçalves > [2023-01-23] Weekly report However, this document is not public, not required to be kept, and contains only events from my time in office. When I leave, it will probably be lost. The thing is: logs are more important than reports, because they are more granular and allow for history to be recorded. E.g., Janet's name change is only reported in monthly's footnotes and have no dates. I think we could have a shared format for logs with controlled vocabularies for actions, flexible enough to accomodate unexpected events, but with some process so that the vocabullary will converge at some point. Just as an example, I can imagine having words for specific actions prefixed by the rules that authorize them (e.g., “[2022-04-03] A <a...@example.com> R869:registers”). -- juan
