Robert S. Plaul <mailto:robert@plaul.de> 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