New Document available: RIPE-157

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement
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A new document is available from the RIPE document store. 


Ref:           ripe-157
Title:         RIPE NCC Database Documentation
Author:        A. M. R. Magee
Date:          29 May 1997
Format:        PS=1145210 TXT=187252
Obsoletes:     ripe-153

Ref:           ripe-153
Title:         RIPE NCC Database Documentation
Author:        A. M. R. Magee
Date:          28 Jan 1997
Format:        PS=788674 TXT=137793
Obsoletes:     Version 1.2 of the document.
Obsoleted by:  ripe-157


Short content description
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This is an updated version of ripe-153.  It includes
information on

        the new whois -v feature,
        the new output from whois -t,
        hierarchical authorisation of the creation of inetnum objects,
        mirroring the RIPE Database,
        appendixes containing descriptions of the attributes and
        the objects.

Comments to <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.



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<ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Ambrose Magee
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RIPE Database Administration.