[routing-wg] Adding "::" notation to RIPE DB

From: Alexander Zubkov <green at qrator.net>
Sent: 13 November 2022 14:12
To: James Bensley
Cc: Netmaster (exAS286); routing-wg at ripe.net
Subject: Re: [routing-wg] Adding "::" notation to RIPE DB

I think the idea is that RIPE::AS-65534:AS-EXAMPLE addresses
AS-65534:AS-EXAMPLE object in the RIPE database. Is there reasons to
allow to have both RIPE::AS-65534:AS-EXAMPLE and AS-65534:AS-EXAMPLE
in the single RIPE database?
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Hi Alexander,

That is what I'm saying: I agree, one name needs to point to the other, so that we don't have two objects in the database, only one object. I just wasn't clear about how the pointing would work and if it would affect anything else in the DB beyond get request (like create or delete requests).

But I guess there will only every be objects called "AS-65534:AS-EXAMPLE" in the DB (as per my original email to the list), "RIPE::" would be stripped from the front of the query if present, and stripped from responses if the query comes from a legacy client (as per your suggestion).

Cheers,
James.