Re: [db-wg] Implementation of POEM object

[Denis Walker <]

Hey Olaf

my literary skills are superb
when it comes to writing some blurb
but you are right I was employed
for writing C functions void

I am sure you will all be happy to know I write better C code than poetry :)

cheers
denis

Olaf M. Kolkman wrote:
> > Note the hierarchical naming convention for poetic-form objects, all verse
>
> I have a few maintenance questions. 
> Although my colleagues are technically competent, they have
> not been hired for their literary skills(*). So although the RIPE DB
> staff will technically maintain the poetic-form: we still need a
> mechanism to ensure the quality of the "poetic-form" objects. 
> Will RIPE NCC staff need to contact a secret cabal for quality
> control? Alternatively, will we skip quality control and act on first
> come first served (serious security considerations: culprits might
> specify a Haiku in the form of a Dada poem)? Or should a poetic-form
> first be discussed by the db-wg?
>
> I'd settle for the first option, a secret cabal... I may just know an
> institution that could perform this task.
>
>
> The classification scheme may also need some work. How do we classify
> the different forms? Would the Aphorism have its own class or is it a
> subclass of PROSE?
>
> In absence of the review process. Hereby a new proposal
>
>  poetic-form: PROSE-APHORISM
>  descr:       A database entry to be remembered by
>  admin-c:     OK65-RIPE
>  tech-c:      OK65-RIPE
>  mnt-by:      RIPE-DBM-MNT
>
> and 
>  poetic-form: VERSE-HAIKU
>  descr:       The haiku object
>  descr:       only seven syllables
>  descr:       in its density
>  admin-c:     OK65-RIPE
>  tech-c:      OK65-RIPE
>  mnt-by:      RIPE-DBM-MNT
>
>
> -- Olaf
>
> (*) I am sure I lost credit with my colleagues with this remark but
> these are matters of high public interest.
>
> ---------------------------------| Olaf M. Kolkman
> ---------------------------------| RIPE NCC