Tools based on whois -t output.

Hi Ambrose,

  I like your suggestion and think it is a good 
idea.  I would think that this change would cause
minimal disruption for tools needing to parse
the output since the first three fields remain 
the same and the new field is added at the end.

--Jerry

RIPE Database Administration writes:
>
>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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>RIPE Database Administration.
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>

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