[db-wg] proposal: haiku object
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Robert S. Plaul
robert at plaul.de
Mon Mar 8 16:09:25 CET 2004
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, TAYON, Julien wrote: > 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) aehm, yes, i think they are no limericks, besides the fact, that you should use multiple text: lines instead of one... > 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 I can fully understand, that you prefer a more generic solution. However, the remarks: field idea is IMHO not a very good solution. Just read the mails in the abuse-c threads about abuse contact information in remark: fields of inet(6)num objects... > Therefore not only would we satisfy : > - sysadmin that like well labelled object for easier retrieval, Inverse queries for text in remark: fields? hmmm... > - RIPE dba for not chaging the actual object. One advantage of my haiku object is, that its definition is - more or less - a copy of existing limerick 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 ... I'm not sure about whether I think it is a good idea to have dozens of different poem types in the database. Maybe we should focus on a few types with extraordinary popularity. (I think this are the limerick and the haiku...) Just before anyone asks for it: I am against ANSI-ART in the database ;-) > 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. ;) The whois client as PIM application. I'm curious, what the database administration is going to say about that... Robert -- RSP-RIPE
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