New RIPE Database features

Dear colleagues,

[ Apologies for multiple messages ]

The new features of the RIPE Database requested by the community are now 
available in "beta version" on our TEST whois server 
(http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/testdb.html).

The new features are:

  - the "irt" object (please see my previous announcement at 
http://www/ripe/mail-archives/db-wg/current/msg00012.html)
  - the new "status:" value of the inetnum object "LIR-PARTITIONED 
PA/PI" (please see the original proposal at 
http://www/ripe/mail-archives/db-wg/20010701-20020101/msg00090.html).

You may try these features by
- sending your updates to test-dbm at ripe.net;
- querying the test-whois.ripe.net, port 43.

The new version of the software is under heavy testing now and will be 
put into production shortly after the RIPE meeting.

Your comments are appreciated. You may contact the development team 
directly at dbrip at ripe.net.

Best regards,


Andrei Robachevsky
DB Group Manager
RIPE NCC