New Document available: RIPE-223

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Ref:            ripe-223
Title:          RIPE Database Reference Manual
Author:         RIPE-NCC
Date:           5 July 2001
Format:         PS=263983 TXT=112854
Obsoletes:      ripe-189, ripe-157


Short content description
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The "RIPE Database Reference Manual" describes the functionality of the 
new version of the RIPE Database software that now uses the Routing 
Policy Specification Language (RPSL) to represent all database 
objects. RPSL defines an extended syntax for all database objects, 
mainly for the routing registry objects.


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