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Roman"">ARIN has issued its initial response to ACSP
Suggestion 2014.24. The suggestion and response text are
provided below. This suggestion remains open and is available
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Suggestion: </span></b><span
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Description: I'm very pleased how flexible ARIN staff is in
receiving documentation in a variety of file formats and types.<br>
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This is suggestion is relatively minor but should be easy to
implement: when ARIN staff attach an ARIN form to a ticket, such as
an Office Attestation, rather than assume the ticket submitter has
access to Microsoft Word (i.e. officer-attest.doc), perhaps an HTTP
link to both Word and (editable) Adobe Acrobat documents can be
provided, or attach both versions to the ticket.<br>
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Value to Community: Makes the form(s) more accessible to more of the
community on more platforms and operating systems.<span
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Thank you for your suggestion, numbered 2014.24, regarding file
formats used in attachments uploaded by ARIN staff in ARIN Online.<br>
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We are updating our procedures to ensure flexibility of file formats
provided in ARIN Online tickets, based on preferences indicated by
customers. We are also evaluating the inclusion of other file
formats, such as PDF, in addition to MS-Word, as the default file
formats for attachments uploaded in ARIN Online.<br>
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Thank you for participating in the ARIN Suggestion and Consultation
Process. We will keep this suggestion open until it has been fully
implemented.<br>
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