<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: [db-wg] proposal: haiku object</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Robert S. Plaul <<A HREF="mailto:robert@plaul.de">mailto:robert@plaul.de</A>> wrote: > Proposal for Adding a Haiku Object to the RIPE Database > > Requirement: > > System Administrators and other users of the RIPE Database need some > avocation beside their exhausting work with ip address space > assignments, routing and other occupations concerning database > objects which have to be taken seriously. The existing limerick > object provides such avocation but obviously has some limitations: > [...] > > Solution: > ... Even Though I fully agree with the need for a haiku object, because I am not sure of my limmericks (LIM-ROSE LIM-FRIENDS LIM-STRESS) I don't think the creation of an haiku object -per se- might be the solution. Mayhaps can we reuse the limerick objects and use the remarks field with one of the possible value : HAIKU, for haiku SONNET for such PROSE for freestyle poetry .... Therefore not only would we satisfy : - sysadmin that like well labelled object for easier retrieval, - poets for increasing their potentiality, - RIPE dba for not chaging the actual object. And if an object was to be created I would propose on the model of limerick object whois -t poem poem: [mandatory] [single] [primary/look-up key] descr: [optional] [multiple] [ ] text: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] admin-c: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] author: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] remarks: [optional] [multiple] [ ] notify: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] type: [mandatory] [single] [ ] mnt-by: [mandatory] [multiple] [inverse key] changed: [mandatory] [multiple] [ ] source: [mandatory] [single] [ ] Where type would be one of the folllowing : LIMERICK, PROSE, QUATRAIN, SONNET, HAIKU, ASCII-ART ... Such a solution would broadly sataisfy any sysadmin wanting to express his art freely. For managers I would propose a MEMO object too. Because, the whois DB might be the fully legitimate place for such a thing, the last place where you are gonna search for such an abomination. ;) Regards, Julien Tayon </BODY> </HTML>