<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">I believe that almost everyone in here knows that LOAs for Cross Connects in Datacenters and Telecom Rooms can be a pain...<br><br>I don't know if I'm suggesting something that already exists.<br>Or even if I'm suggesting something that could be unpopular for some reason.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">But every time I need to deal with some Cross-Connect LOA, and mostly when we face some rework on data mistakes, I dream with a "PeeringDB for Cross Connects".<br><br>So, this mail is a question and also a suggestion.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small">There is something like an "online notary's office" exclusive for Cross-Connect LOAs?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - Somewhere Organizations can register information authorizing connections of Port on their Places (Cages, Racks, etc)...  </div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small">If it doesn't exist. What would be necessary for that?<br>Mostly considering the PeeringDB work model.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - OpenSource.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - Free access to the tool, and sponsors to keep the project alive.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - API driven, with some Web-gui.<br>And considering some data-modeling.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - Most of the data being Open/Public (Organizations, Facilities(Datacenters and/or Telecom-Rooms), Presence on Facilities, etc).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - Access control to Information that can not be public (A-side organization, Z-Side Organization, PathPanel/Port).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small">And some workflow</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - Cross Connect Requiremento/Authorization from A-Side</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - Acceptance/Authorization from Z-side.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small"> - Acceptance/Authorization

 from Facilities involved (could be more than one)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;font-size:small">

 - Execution/Activation notice from Facilities.</div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Douglas Fernando Fischer</span><br style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Engº de Controle e Automação</span></font><div style="padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;color:black;text-align:left;line-height:130%;font-family:courier new,monospace"></div></div></div>