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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Sorry María Jesús,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My system is fundamentally designed so that once a code has been
assigned to a concept then it cannot be changed. All I could do is to ‘soft
deprecate’ the code: in other words Sarmiento de Gamboa would have two
codes assigned with a note saying to use the new code rather than the old.
This is not a good idea as somebody is bound not to read the note. The ICES
system will have exactly the same problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Current thinking is that the code should be meaningless to
humans – it is simply a label used by computers to represent the concept.
There is at least one example where the convention of having a country code in
bytes 1 and 2 has been broken and I’m sure more will follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Cheers, Roy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> María
Jesús García Fernández [mailto:MJesus.garcia@md.ieo.es] <br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> 05
November 2010 07:48<br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>
platforms@biwebs1.nerc-liv.ac.uk<br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Cc:</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> Lowry,
Roy K.<br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>
changing code <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
Platform group,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The operator
of the Spnish ship " Sarmiento de Gamboa" is interesting in changing
the ship code assigned by the platform group "29AH" . The would
prefer a new code "29SG" or similar. The ship is very new and if a
new code is accepted, here in Spain CSIC and IEO) will take the responsibility
to change or ask to change the old code for the new code in the ROSCOP or any
other metadatafile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
information of this Ship:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Name:
Sarmiento de Gamboa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Plaformclass:
reaserch vessel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commisioned:
2006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Code
asigned:29AH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Notes:
Research vessel, built 2008. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>Operated by CSIC UTM (Marine
Technology Unit). </span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>Active as at Jun 2007, length
70.5m.</span><span lang=ES style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New code
required: 29SG or similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Un saludo,
María Jesús<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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