[db-wg] Implementation of POEM object

Paul Wilson wrote:
> Arife,
> 
> i'm finding this discussion rather anglo-centric. was any
> consideration given to a "language" descriptor in discussion of this
> object. 
> 
> of course the official language of ripe ncc is english, but it's a bit
> harsh to expect non-english speakers to contribute good verse in
> other than their native language...
> 
> :-)

The poem object itself is language independent, although the naming of the
poetry-form object is strongly anglo-centric.

It was noted during the WG discussion that followed the original
presentation that without multibyte character support in the RIPE database
(and RPSL in general), the provision of a haiku type was something of an
insult to Japanese literature. However, it was felt that the effort involved
in making RPSL and the RIPE database fully multibyte compliant, solely to
allow the storage of japanese language haikus, could be deferred to a later
date.

A subgroup of the Secret Cabal(TM), if such a thing were to exist, could of
course, be set to work on this, if there were a means to contact them to
give them the commission.
-- 
Nigel Titley
Peering Coordinator, FLAG Telecom
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