web interface for ripe-141 form

Dear Local IRs,

During the LIR WG meeting at RIPE 31 in Edinburgh we discussed various
possibilities to implement a web interface for the IP request form.
We would like to further discuss this on the mailing list.

Note that we distinguish here between 'syntax checks' which merely
make sure the submitted form is sensible, and 'full checks' which
check the data it contains.

As a first step we propose to implement a public web page based at the
RIPE NCC that LIRs can use to check the syntax of their IP request
forms. The output will be a detailed error report or a request form
suitable for pasting into an email.

This would enable LIRs to check the syntax of a request before sending
it to RIPE NCC, or a LIR customer to check the syntax of a form before
sending it to the LIR.

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I for one think it is a good idea. If anybody is interested, take a look at
APNIC's equivalent web form at http://www.apnic.net/reg.html which would
serve as a useful start and could be improved on.

This could also be extended to submitting the network object, as it is a bit
laborious at the moment. Another example if you'd like a look is available
from the Cable & Wireless (used to be MCI) web pages (SWIP updates)
http://infopage.cw.net/Address/swip.html


I think this would be a useful development and would suggest that you
endeavour to proceed with it.

For those who LIR's who have not got a web form for their customers, I
suggest taking a look at
http://services.concert.net/address-space/request.html. Note this page has
been designed for all the registries, RIPE/APNIC/ARIN and is used by our
customers many times during the day.


Com on guys, lets move into the 20th century.

Regards,

Naeem Malik