Tools based on whois -t output.

Hi, Wilfried !

 "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet" <woeber at cc.univie.ac.at> writes:
 * = "Mike Norris" <mnorris at hea.ie> writes:
 * = * 
 * = * Good idea, Ambrose.  I presume the asterisk is a 
 * = * place-holder and will appear in the case of attributes
 * = * that are neither look-up nor inverse keys?
 * =
 * =Yes.  The aim is to make the output easier to read.  I
 * =suppose an "-" character or a blank space could be used 
 * =instead.  I will think about it.
 * 
 *   I'd ask you to come up with a somewhat consistent format. A blank by
 *   itself doesn't sound like a good idea from the SW engineering point of
 *   view.
 *   
 *   How about having the brackets anyway, but no tag inside, or a hyphen, or
 *   an asterisk. I think it would be easier to parse in the end, if we can 
 *   expect a constant number of (non-blank :-) fields.

This appears to be the consensus so far.  It would make writing
tools easier if the number of fields was constant.

So the output would look like

route:       [mandatory]  [single]     [look-up key]                 
descr:       [mandatory]  [multiple]   []

or 

route:       [mandatory]  [single]     [look-up key]                 
descr:       [mandatory]  [multiple]   [-]

I appreciate your taking the time to send your comments.  
Thanks.

If you have anymore questions, please contact
<ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Ambrose Magee
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