New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised/new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-253 Title: RIPE Database User Manual: Getting Started Author: Andrei Robachevsky, Shane Kerr, Vesna Manojlovic Samantha Dickinson Date: 9 September 2002 Format: PS=78771 TXT= Available soon Obsoletes: Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: Short content description ------------------------- This document is intended for users who have no previous experience with the RIPE Database. It is a hands-on tutorial that walks the reader through the basic concepts and techniques that are needed to use the RIPE Database using example and exercises. This document is not intended to be a complete reference. Full information on the RIPE Database may be found in the RIPE Database Reference Manual at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/databaseref-manual.html Accessing the RIPE document store --------------------------------- You can access the RIPE documents in HTML format via WWW. the "RIPE Database User Manual: Getting Started" is available at the following URL: http://www.ripe.net/docs/db-start.html The RIPE document store is also available via anonymous FTP to ftp.ripe.net, in the directory ripe/docs. The URLs for the new documents on the FTP-server are: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-253.ps PostScript version ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-253.txt plain text version Please note that the .txt version will be available as soon as possible. Kind Regards, Jeroen Bet RIPE NCC Webmaster