RIPE Database Template for Domains
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		D.Karrenberg

		1 April 1992

		ref.: ripe-49


What is the RIPE Database ?

RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) coordinates TCP/IP networking for the
research community in Europe.  It operates under the auspices of RARE
(Reseaux Associees pour la Recherche Europeene).

One of the activities of RIPE is to maintain a database of European IP
networks, DNS domains and their contact persons.  This database content
is public information.  This supports NICs/NOCs all over Europe to
perform their respective tasks.

A domain and its contact persons are represented by different database
objects.  This means that for each domain there has to be a domain
object describing the domain and one or more person entries describing
the persons.

Objects are described by attributes one per line separated by empty
lines.  The information stored about domain UKA.DE consists
of five objects, one domain object and four person objects and looks
like this:

	domain:  UKA.DE
	descr:   Universiaet Karlsruhe
	descr:   Informatik Rechnerabteilung IRA
	descr:   Am Fasanengarten 5
	descr:   D-7500 Karlsruhe, FRG
	admin-c: Werner Zorn
	tech-c:  Michael Rotert
	tech-c:  Klaus Becker
	tech-c:  Arnold Nipper
	nserver: iraun1.IRA.UKA.DE iramu1.IRA.UKA.DE
	nserver: unido.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE
	sub-dom: ira
	dom-net: 129.13.0.0 192.54.104.0
	changed: nipper@ira.uka.de 910208
	source:  RIPE

	person:  Werner Zorn
	address: Universitaet Karlsruhe
	address: Informatikrechnerabteilung
	address: Am Fasanengarten 5
	address: D-7500 Karlsruhe
	phone:   +49 721 608 3981
	fax-no:  +49 721 699 284
	e-mail:  zorn@ira.uka.de
	changed: dfk@cwi.nl 11-Apr-90
	source:  RIPE

	person:  Michael Rotert
	address: Universitaet Karlsruhe
	address: Informatikrechnerabteilung
	address: Am Fasanengarten 5
	address: D-7500 Karlsruhe
	phone:   +49 721 608 4221
	fax-no:  +49 721 699 284
	e-mail:  rotert@ira.uka.de
	nic-hdl: MR78
	changed: dfk@cwi.nl 11-Apr-90
	source:  RIPE

	person:  Klaus Becker
	address: Universitaet Karlsruhe
	address: Informatikrechnerabteilung
	address: Am Fasanengarten 5
	address: D-7500 Karlsruhe
	phone:   +49 721 608 3973
	fax-no:  +49 721 699 284
	e-mail:  becker@ira.uka.de
	changed: dfk@cwi.nl 11-Apr-90
	source:  RIPE

	person:  Arnold Nipper
	address: Universitaet Karlsruhe
	address: Informatikrechnerabteilung
	address: Am Fasanengarten 5
	address: D-7500 Karlsruhe
	phone:   +49 721 608 4331
	fax-no:  +49 721 699 284
	e-mail:  nipper@ira.uka.de
	nic-hdl: AN45
	changed: dfk@cwi.nl 11-Apr-90
	source:  RIPE


How to access the Database ?

The database is public.  It can be accessed via a whois server 
on host whois.ripe.net (tcp port 43). The whole database is also 
available via anonymous ftp from ftp.ripe.net as file ripe.db in 
directory ripe/dbase.


How to submit information to the Database ?

Database updates should be sent via electronic mail to 

	auto-dbm@ripe.net

Below you find a template for domain objects. Be sure to supply a person
object for each contact person mentioned in the network objects.
Of course you need not supply person objects if they are already 
present in the database and the information is still correct.

Before submitting please delete all indented explanatory text from the 
templates to save mail bandwidth. The text you submit should start in
column one.

Thank you for your cooperation.


RIPE Database Management


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domain:
	IP domain name
	Format: Full qulified domain name without trailing ".".
	Example: 
		domain: UKA.DE
	Mandatory

descr:
	Description of the domain. 
	Give organisation and place.
	Postal address is not needed, this can be found via the contacts.

	Format: free text, one line per entry, multiple lines in sequence
	Example:
		descr:   Universiaet Karlsruhe
		descr:   Informatik Rechnerabteilung IRA
	Mandatory

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