polling for ripe dbase software changes (fwd)

  Hi Cengiz, hi David!

>We would like to hear the opinion (positive or negative) of the RIPE
>database working group on the following proposals *before* changes are
>made to any of the RIPE database implementations. We might want to
>discuss things at the RIPE database working group session at the next
>RIPE meeting in Berlin.

  Well, before I can develop an opinion, I'd be interested in the
  motivation and/or expected benefits for the proposed modifications.

  My first *feeling* (note, nothing more than a feeling!) is that things
  that belong to an external representation and a user interface should
  not be part of the data stored in some database. 
  Another aspect might be multi-language support. 
  Of coure, you can translate the syntactic sugar into syntactic salt :-)
  
  BTW, my feeling (again) with regard to the continuation stuff is that
  it might make sense to improve things. As it stands right now, it is
  not really simple to comprehend (for humans).

  Give me more input, then I can make up my mind.
  Best regards,
  Wilfried.