Tools based on whois -t output.

Hi, all !

We are contemplating changing the output of the "-t" 
option of "whois" to give more information.  Please
inform us if you write or use tools based on this
output.

Example:

The current output for "-t person" is

person:      [mandatory]  [single]    
address:     [mandatory]  [multiple]  
phone:       [mandatory]  [multiple]  
fax-no:      [optional]   [multiple]  
e-mail:      [optional]   [multiple]  
nic-hdl:     [optional]   [single]    
remarks:     [optional]   [multiple]  
notify:      [optional]   [multiple]  
mnt-by:      [optional]   [multiple]  
changed:     [mandatory]  [multiple]  
source:      [mandatory]  [single]    



the new output would be 

person:      [mandatory]  [single]     [look-up key]                 
address:     [mandatory]  [multiple]   *                             
phone:       [mandatory]  [multiple]   *                             
fax-no:      [optional]   [multiple]   *                             
e-mail:      [optional]   [multiple]   [look-up key]                 
nic-hdl:     [optional]   [single]     [look-up key]                 
remarks:     [optional]   [multiple]   *                             
notify:      [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]                 
mnt-by:      [optional]   [multiple]   [inverse key]                 
changed:     [mandatory]  [multiple]   *                             
source:      [mandatory]  [single]     *                             

where [look-up key] indicates that you use this 
attribute as an argument to whois and [inverse key]
indicates that you can use the attribute as an 
argument to whois -i.

If you have anymore questions, please contact
<ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Ambrose Magee
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