FYI: InterNIC/MERIT/RIPE database exchange format

Hi Marten,

I have just read the syntax carefully :-) Some observations, just to be
compared with your own:


   <version> ::= WDB_version: <version_no>

should perhaps be "WDB-version" for consistency with "inaddr-server" /
"admin-c" / ...  (but the tag labels are weird anyway)
same argument for "as-sblk" and "as-eblk"


   <host> ::= 1[<host_data>] 1*[<contact>] 1[<update_information>]

might be                     1*[<contact>|<host_contact>]
otherwise remove definition of <host_contact> / <coordinator> / <altpoc>


   <ntype_data> ::= Research | Defense | Government | Commercial

add Educational


   <parentdom_type> ::= COM | EDU | ROOT | NET | ORG | GOV | US

either any domain or any top level domain?


   <host_data> ::= 1[<hostname>] 1*[<ip_addr>] 0[<nic_handle>] 0*[<nickname>]
                   0[<cputype>] 0[<opsys>] 0[<protocols>] 0[<hostmail>]

either 0*[<protocols>] or how else do you specify multiple protocols?


   <phone> ::= phne: <datum>

phone numbers in North American or International notation?


   <update_information> ::= 1[<name_date>] 1[<location>] 1[<maintainer>]
              0*[<update_notify>] 0[<op_type>]

must be                           0[<db_operation>]


   <security-contact> ::= secur-c: <email-address> | <nic-handle>

is never used (was omitted from <contact>?)


Berthold Paffrath