Datatracker DB schema.

[JFQueralt]

How current is this documentation?
https://notes.ietf.org/iab-aid-datatracker-database-overview

I assume this is the current model?
https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/blob/main/ietf/database-notes/generated-model

[rjsparks]

The first link (to the iab overview) is the most useful, but it is a few years behind reality. It's good for getting a gist, but for details you need to read the models.py files.
That overview was bit brutal to generate, and it's not maintainable. It is best treated as "this is how it was at that time".

The second ink (into database-notes) points to an artifact from very long ago that is only relevant to the point in time that the datatracker was first coming into being. It has been useful to have the history, but we can make it clearer that it is only history.

[JFQueralt]

The question comes because there is an expressed interest in RASPRG to work on a model to standardize how to "clean up" the Datatracker database for further analysis.
To clarify, we are not intending to change the Datatracker info (which should be considered historical data), rather create one that is derived from it and structured for research/analytics.

To this end, the involved may need to understand the current structure so we can propose clean-up rules.
I wonder if you would like to join the interim call that is being arranged?