[db-wg] Implementation of POEM object

Dear Colleagues,

[Apologies for duplicates]

Following discussions in the Database Working Group, we have made changes 
to the whois server software.

These are the proposed changes:

- Add a new object POETIC-FORM that will contain the supported poem types.
- Add a new object POEM that will hold the poem itself.
- Add a new attribute "form:" that shows the type of poem.

There is more information about this below.

You can find more details about the discussion at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/db-wg/2004/msg00246.html

We expect to put a new whois server on line with new object support on 2 
May 2005 at 16:00 CET.

- Add a new POETIC-FORM object:

The POETIC-FORM object contains information about the poem type.

This is an example of a LIMERICK object:

poetic-form: FORM-LIMERICK
descr: Poem type for Limerick
admin-c: AMR68-RIPE
mnt-by: RIPE-DBM-MNT
changed: ripe-dbm at ripe.net 20050429
source: RIPE

These objects will be maintained by RIPE DBM. You can send new POETIC-FORM 
objects to <auto-dbm at ripe.net>.

- Add a new POEM object:

A POEM object is similar to the LIMERICK object. Unlike the LIMERICK object, 
it will have a "form:" attribute that contains information about the poem 
type.

This is an example of a simple POEM object:

poem: POEM-NT13-1
descr: RIPE24 dinner
text: At a RIPE Meeting, held in Berlin,
text: The meal was unusual, the din
text: Of the two serenades
text: Whose repertoire made us
text: All smile and want to join in
form: FORM-LIMERICK
admin-c: LIM1-RIPE
author: NT13
mnt-by: LIM-MNT
changed: limerick-wg at ripe.net 19960529
source: RIPE

Add a new "form:' attribute:

The "form:" attribute indicates the type of poem.

- Changes to the default whois query interface:

There will be no changes to the whois query interface.


- Data transition

All existing LIMERICK objects will will be converted to POEM objects.
LIMERICK objects will appear in the database for a while, but we will 
eventually delete them.

Here is an example of a LIMERICK object:

limerick: LIM-NT13-3
text: The document RIPE-104
text: Goes on longer than ever before
text: If you want an address
text: And your network's a mess
text: Then Daniel will get very sore
admin-c: LIM1-RIPE
author: NT13
remarks: Great limerick, but the draft document RIPE-104++
remarks: is now called RIPE-136...
mnt-by: LIM-MNT
changed: limerick-wg at ripe.net 19960529
source: RIPE

Here is how it will appear with new object types:

poem: POEM-NT13-3
text: The document RIPE-104
text: Goes on longer than ever before
text: If you want an address
text: And your network's a mess
text: Then Daniel will get very sore
form: FORM-LIMERICK
admin-c: LIM1-RIPE
author: NT13
remarks: Great limerick, but the draft document RIPE-104++
remarks: is now called RIPE-136...
mnt-by: LIM-MNT
changed: limerick-wg at ripe.net 19960529
source: RIPE

- Object templates

Here is the template for the POEM object:

poem:           [mandatory]     [single]        [primary/look-up key]
descr:          [optional]      [multiple] 
form:           [mandatory]     [single]        [inverse key]
text:           [mandatory]     [multiple]      [ ]
admin-c:        [mandatory]     [multiple]      [inverse key]
author:         [mandatory]     [multiple]      [inverse key]
remarks:        [optional]      [multiple]      [ ]
notify:         [optional]      [multiple]      [inverse key]
mnt-by:         [mandatory]     [multiple]      [inverse key]
changed:        [mandatory]     [multiple]      [ ]
source:         [mandatory]     [single]        [ ]

POETIC-FORM object template is:

poetic-form:    [mandatory]     [single]        [primary/look-up key]
descr:          [optional]      [multiple]      [ ]
admin-c:        [mandatory]     [multiple]      [inverse key]
remarks:        [optional]      [multiple]      [ ]
notify:         [optional]      [multiple]      [inverse key]
mnt-by:         [mandatory]     [multiple]      [inverse key]
changed:        [mandatory]     [multiple]      [ ]
source:         [mandatory]     [single]        [ ]

Regards,
Arife Vural
RIPE NCC, SED