as-in/as-out

Daniel, Tony, and Marten,
After our phone call last week, we (Merit) went round and round
about as-in/as-out and kept coming up with the same
pros and cons for having a new object or modifying the
current object.

What I'd like to do is present our extended syntax for
as-in/as-out to the ripe-routing-wg via email prior
to the RIPE meeting in May. 

The main reason for approaching the working group is to try
to foster consistency as a community - not as the NCC or Merit.
We are at greater risk of diverging further if we make a new
attribute, and then you modify as-in/as-out so that it is inconsistent
with the new attribute. If we work with the woking group, perhaps
we can get an agreed upon extension for as-in/as-out that we
both can live with. 

         --Elise



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