as-set: question

Dear Marco,

Marco Davids wrote:

> Listmembers,
> 
> I have a question concerning chapter '1.2.2 as-set' of document ripe-251.
> 
> I believe that I found an as-set record that is not right, but I am not
> exactly sure (allright, our maxpand-script found the strange record,
> because it choked on it).
> 


The object below is correct according to RPSL definition ( and this is 
the official language of the RIPE Database since 23 April 2001).

I included below an extract from the database reference manual (ripe-251):


"A database object is defined as a list of attribute-value pairs in 
text. Each attribute-value pair is written on a separate line. The 
attribute name starts at column 0, followed by the character " : " and 
followed by the value of the attribute. The attribute that has the same 
name as the object's class should be specified first. An attribute's 
value can be split over multiple lines, by having a space, a tab or a 
plus ("+") character as the first character of the continuation lines. 
The character "+" for line continuation allows attribute values to 
contain blank lines. More spaces may optionally be used after the 
continuation character to increase readability. The order of 
attribute-value pairs is significant. An object's description may 
contain comments. A comment can be anywhere in an object's definition, 
it starts at the first "#" character on a line and ends at the first 
end-of-line character. A comment cannot start at column 0. White space 
characters can be used to improve readability. The object's 
representation ends when a blank line is encountered."

Please be aware that you may encounter even more strangely formatted 
objects.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Andrei Robachevsky
RIPE NCC


> It concerns AS-KQES:
> 
> marco at achilles:~$ whois AS-KQES | more
> % This is the RIPE Whois server.
> % The objects are in RPSL format.
> % Please visit http://www.ripe.net/rpsl for more information.
> % Rights restricted by copyright.
> % See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html
> 
> as-set:       AS-KQES
> descr:        Macro for KPNQwest Spain
> members:      AS2134                                # KPNQwest Spain
> members:      AS8318                                # Valenciana de
> Cementos
> members:      AS-JAZZTRANS                          # Jazz Telecom - JazzNet announces
> members:      AS12430                               # AIRTEL
> members:      AS12479                               # Uni2
> 
> Are these #-remarks in compliance with the RIPE-documents?
> 
> And if not, should such input be refused by the check?
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> --
> Marco Davids
> SARA / High Performance Networking - Amsterdam
> 
> "A cynic is a person who knows the price of everything
>  and the value of nothing."
> 


-- 
Andrei