Hi, On 2004-02-17 19:49:30 -0600, terry l. ridder wrote:
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, terry l. ridder wrote:
hello;
i am doing some research on the rir databases. for my purposes having all data in, what i call 'arin' format, would be the simplest for processing.
are there any software utilities available for converting from rpsl to 'arin' format?
if no software utilities are available is there a mapping description available from rpsl to 'arin' format?
The syntax and meanings of attributes (fields) of RIPE Whois object can be found in the RIPE DB Reference Manual: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/databaseref-manual.html You must be able to figure out a (close) mapping if a similar document exists for ARIN DB as well.
well, we bit the bullet and spent today writing an rpsl-to-arin conversion program. works rather well except for orgid: and parent: fields. obviously, orgid:, we will have a create our own.
i do have a question concerning parent:.
i am do not have an indepth knowledge of rpsl, so please bare with the question.
does rpsl have a concept of parent? if rpsl does have a concept of parent would someone direct me to the document/documents which explain it?
'parent' information is not buried in other objects in RIPE Whois Database (unlike ARIN DB). You need to perform queries to find the parents/children of an object. The relevant query flags are -l, -L, -m, -M. See http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/databaseref-manual.html#2.2 for IP Address Lookups in RIPE DB. A parent is sometimes called 'one level less specific inetnum' in RIPE DB.
thank you all for your answers.
-- terry l. ridder ><>
-- Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Software Engineering Department