Dear colleagues, Let me invite all network service providers/operators in Europe to fill and send to <cds-editor@ripe.net> short descriptions of their network to be stored in the RIPE Connectivity Document Store (CDS). This will be a new unified way of publishing basic information about european connectivity. Every network in Europe is free and willcome to publish it's fact-sheet. The CDS is accessible by WWW (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/cds.html), ftp, gopher and the description fact-sheets can also be retrieved by mail. The CDS is be closely related to the RIPE map repository (there are hypertext links between the textual descriptions of the network and their maps (if supplied). A detailed description of the layout, the procedures as well as an example of filled fact sheet (thanks to UNICOM Bulgaria) can be found in ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/drafts/connectivity-report-plan.txt. <cds-editor@ripe.net> and all users and potential users in the world are waiting impatiently for your fact-sheets (and maps :-). It is so simple to have the others know about you a little bit more and RIPE NCC as the European Internet registry is the best appropriate place where people go for information. Try to have a look at the current CDS by WWW at www.ripe.net or by gopher at gopher.ripe.net or simply by ftp. Comments and updates are very willcome. Best regards Milan Sterba Chair of the RIPE European Connectivity WG -- ====================================================================== Prague University of Economics e-mail : Milan.Sterba@vse.cz Computing Center tel : +42 2 24 21 79 00 nam. W. Churchilla 4 home: +42 2 823 78 59 130 67 Praha 3 fax : +42 2 24 22 42 66 Czech republic =======================================================================