RIPE Database Template for Persons ---------------------------------- 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 + 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: 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