RIPE-26, DB-WG, Proposed Agenda, 3rd Draft

  Dear all!
  
  This is the 3rd draft of the proposed agenda for the January 1997 
  DB-WG Meeting in Amsterdam.
    
  This one 
  - takes care of minor changes and some re-sequencing,
  - tries to estimate the time needed per topic 
    (if it's not agreed already, please confirm presentation times!)
  - has some modifications for item F.
  
  As usual any and all comments and input appreciated.
  See you in Amsterdam,
  Wilfried.
  
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			  Proposed Agenda for the 
		       Database Working Group Meeting

		      RIPE-26, January 1997, Amsterdam
			 3rd Draft, Jan. 13, 1997


A.  Administrative stuff (W.Woeber, chair)
10min
        - volunteering of the scribe
        - WG-agenda bashing
	- handling of minutes and actions in the future?

B.  DB-SW status report by the RIPE NCC (DB-SW maintainers, RIPE-NCC)
10min
        - recent changes
        - recent bug fixes and development (if any)
        - feedback from the users (if any)


C.  Report on DB evaluation by VUA
20min
	- consistency
	- usage


D.  Reports (D.Kessens, ISI)
30min
        - on RPSL
        - on 'ride' (registry data exchange format)


E.  Documentation (DB-SW maintainers, RIPE-NCC)
10min
        - current status, progress, review, test-driving
        - availability


F.  New functionality, proposals, reports
40min
        - IPv6 object proposal (D.Kessens, ISI)
	- summary report on issues to improve DB security 
	  and authentication (J.Schmitz, DFN NOC)
        - extension for inet-rtr: obj (tentatively, W.Woeber/E.J.Bos/et.al.)
        - extending the list of attributes that can be used in -i lookup?
        - improved url handling (in HTML interface)
	- proposed/implemented changes in date format for changed: attribute
        - handling of timestamps (changed:, different time-zones, UTC,...)
	- multiple contact "body parts" for a person: object
        - report on/review of the consolidated wish-list


G.  General input from other WGs
10min
	- hierarchical authorisation for route: obj (from Routing WG)


Y.  RIPE Database AUP (D.Karrenberg, RIPE NCC)
10min
	- short term measures to prevent abuse
	- defining an AUP


Z.  AOB
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