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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Platform Group,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Today we have released a new version of the Platform Requests database and interface.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You will still be able to recognize the good old
<a href="http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Login.aspx">Platforms request page</a>, but there are some new features added to it, and some are removed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The main changes that you will see in the application are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Additional attributes have been added: Native name, Synonyms, MMSI, WOD code<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">To help with identifying vessels and aid in linking data with the correct ship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Deprecation flag is now available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Will be used for the “unknown codes” such as “3599”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Will be used for the “Discontinued” codes where NOAA and ICES had conflicts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Lloyds URL field has been discontinued and Lloyds information has been moved to Info Source field<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Not many subscribe to Lloyds so information is not available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Comment field is no longer available from the Attribute submission form but can be reached (as before) by the Comment tab.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">This is to give more room to the form now that more fields are available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">6 digit codes are now possible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">We will soon run out of 4 digit codes when country is the first 2 digits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Especially necessary now that non-ship platform classes are increasingly being added<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Multiple countries are now possible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:81.8pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">There is talk of adding satellites to Platform Requests…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For additional information, please refer to
<a href="http://vocab.ices.dk/request/help/RequestsUserGuide.pdf">the User Guide</a> in the application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you face any troubles with using the application and the new features, please contact us via:
<a href="mailto:accessions@ices.dk">accessions@ices.dk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Anna Osypchuk on behalf of ICES Data Centre
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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International Council for the Exploration of the Sea </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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