RIPE Database Template for Persons
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		D.Karrenberg

		1 April 1992

		ref.: ripe-51




What is the RIPE Database ?

RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) coordinates TCP/IP networking for the
research community in Europe.  It operates under the auspices of RARE
(Reseaux Associees pour la Recherche Europeene).

One of the activities of RIPE is to maintain a database of European IP
networks, DNS domains and their contact persons.  This database content
is public information.  This supports NICs/NOCs all over Europe to
perform their respective tasks.

Each person is represented by a single database object.
Objects are described by attributes one per line separated by empty
lines.  The information stored about persons "Rob Blokzijl" and
"Piet Beertema" looks like this:

	person:  Rob Blokzijl
	address: NIKHEF section H
	address: Science Park Watergraafsmeer (WCW)
	address: Kruislaan 409
	address: NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
	address: The Netherlands
	phone:   +31 20 592 0413
	fax-no:  +31 20 592 5155
	e-mail:  k13@nikhef.nl
	changed: dfk@cwi.nl 900802
	source:  RIPE
	
	person:  Piet Beertema
	address: CWI
	address: Science Park Watergraafsmeer (WCW)
	address: Kruislaan 413
	address: NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
	address: Netherlands
	phone:   +31 20 5924112
	fax-no:  +31 20 5924199
	e-mail:  piet@cwi.nl
	nic-hdl: PB13
	changed: dfk@cwi.nl 900802
	source:  RIPE
	

How to access the Database ?

The database is public.  It can be accessed via a whois server 
on host whois.ripe.net (tcp port 43). The whole database is also 
available via anonymous ftp from ftp.ripe.net as file ripe.db in 
directory ripe/dbase.


How to submit information to the Database ?

Database updates should be sent via electronic mail to 

	auto-dbm@ripe.net

Below you the template for person objects.  
Be sure to supply a person object for each contact
person mentioned in other database objects.  

Before submitting please delete all indented explanatory text from the 
templates to save mail bandwidth. The text you submit should start in
column one.

Thank you for your cooperation.


RIPE Database Management



person:
	Full name.
	This must be the same as the corresponding contact attributes.

	Format: first names first, no commas etc.
	Example:
		person: John E. Doe

address:
	Postal address
	Include everything necessary for paper mail to be delivered. 

	Format: multiple lines of text
		City and post code on a single line. 
		Country on the last line.
	Example: 
		address: Terabit Labs Inc.
		address: Industrial Estate North
		address: North Perpendicular Road 12
		address: NN-1234 Northtown
		address: Northern Nowhere 
	Mandatory

phone:
	Telephone
	Multiple numbers in the desired order please (secretariats etc.).

	Format: International  +<country-code> <city> <subscriber>
		If no direct inward dialing is available,
		please append "ext." and extension number.
	Example:
		phone: +31 20 12334676
		phone: +44 123 987654 ext. 4711
	Mandatory, Multiple

fax-no:
	Telefax

	see phone

e-mail:
	Electronic mail address.

	Format: Valid domain address please (if possible no !, %, ::)
	Example:
		e-mail: johndoe@terabit-labs.nn

nic-hd:
	NIC handle. An identifier used by SRI-NIC to unambiguously refer
	to Internet people.

	Format: NIC format
	Example:
		nic-hd: JD0401
	Optional but strongly suggested for those who have a NIC handle.


remark:
	Remarks

	Format: text string
	Example: 
		remark: RIPE coordinator Northern Nowhere
	Optional

changed:
	Who and when changed this last.

	Format: <email-address> YYMMDD
	Example:
		changed: johndoe@terabit-labs.nn 900401
	

source: RIPE
	Source of the information.
	This is used to separate information from different sources
	kept by the same database software.

	Format: RIPE
	Mandatory