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    Dear Roy,<br>
    <br>
    Thank you for your proposal which seems to be convincing to me at
    least for large ships of opportunity. <br>
    <br>
    However,  I am not fully aware of all types of ships of opportunity
    to be managed. So I prefer  to wait for my Ifremer and JCOMMOPS 
    colleagues up to next week.It is winter holidays here in Brittany.
    We will go back to you and Neil thereafter.<br>
    <br>
    Cheers<br>
    Gilbert.<br>
    <br>
    Le 09/02/2016 16:11, Lowry, Roy K. a écrit :
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        <p>Hello Gilbert,</p>
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        <p>I don't think that splitting vocabularies by platform type is
          a good idea. Inevitably, a vessel will be used in a manner
          that causes problems - for example, a commercial vessel that
          has delivered data as a 'ship of opportunity' then gets
          chartered for a research cruise. If we proceed as you suggest,
          the ship code for this vessel will get embedded in a CSR
          database and as this code maps to multiple names existing
          systems will not be able to translate it into the correct
          name. Significant problems could also result from confusion
          in legacy where some of your VOS hulls have already been
          assigned multiple platform codes.</p>
        <p><br>
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        <p>Let's think a little laterally. What you require for your
          'platform' field is an identifier to tag hulls of large
          commercial vessels. There is already a hull-specific
          identifier that could do this job in the form of the IMO. If
          ICES were to maintain the status quo then it would be
          perfectly possible for ICES to provide a couple of useful
          services that either deliver a hull history (effectively a
          set of platform codes with the time ranges for which they
          apply) in return for an IMO number or a single platform code
          and its associated attributes if supplied with an IMO number
          plus a date.</p>
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        <p>How does that sound? It would solve your problem without
          breaking systems based on the assumption that the platform
          code represents a hull+name+flag. Note that if you follow that
          course I feel it is essential that the work currently underway
          in ICES to assign platform codes for the JCOMMops list should
          be completed.</p>
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        <p>Cheers, Roy.</p>
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            <p>Please note that I partially retired on 01/11/2015. I am
              now only working 7.5 hours a week and can only guarantee
              e-mail response on Wednesdays, my day in the office. All
              vocabulary queries should be sent to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:enquiries@bodc.ac.uk">enquiries@bodc.ac.uk</a>.
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              color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b>
              Gilbert MAUDIRE <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Gilbert.Maudire@ifremer.fr">&lt;Gilbert.Maudire@ifremer.fr&gt;</a><br>
              <b>Sent:</b> 09 February 2016 14:29<br>
              <b>To:</b> Anne Che-Bohnenstengel; Lowry, Roy K.; Neil
              Holdsworth; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:platforms@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk">platforms@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk</a><br>
              <b>Cc:</b> Michele FICHAUT; Loic Petit de la Villeon;
              MAUDIRE<br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: Fwd: Re: [Platforms] Proposal for
              revision of platform governance (initiated by ICES)</font>
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          <div>Dear Anne, Roy and Neil,<br>
            <br>
            We perfectly understand Roy's and Anne's concern. However,
            the management of Ships of Opportunity is now really
            difficult.<br>
            <br>
            We know that, for example, the name and flag of a vessel
            with a hull mounted TSG can change during the life of the
            instrument. However, it is of interest to know that it is
            the same hull and the same instrument for all measurements
            because potential problems like sensor drift will be
            estimated for the whole life of the instrument (even if the
            ship name has changed).<br>
            <br>
            Obviously, this kind of name+flag change occurs a lot less
            frequently for research vessels (and probably FerryBox) 
            than for ships of opportunity.<br>
            <br>
            In addition, it is of high interest if the couple (call sign
            , ship code in the vocabulary) could be permanently
            maintained in "near real time". That could be much easier if
            the procedure (decision tree) was simplified.<br>
            <br>
            So, it is of high interest to find out a solution. Could
            this solution be to set up two procedures (and vocabularies)
            : one for research vessels (for CSR, POGO...) which is much
            more stable and one for Ships of opportunity, taking in
            account the platform type.<br>
            <br>
            An alternate solution could be to keep track of instruments
            such as TSG, without taking in account the platform. But, in
            this case, we will loose the information about the hull (and
            possible biases due to the mount of the instrument).<br>
            <br>
            So, before answering  to this question, we would like to
            discuss with people who manage data from Ship of Opportunity
            like Loïc who is responsible of GOSUD international data
            base and who is on leave until next week.<br>
            <br>
            Best regards,<br>
            Michèle &amp; Gilbert.<br>
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                      <td>Re: [Platforms] Proposal for revision of
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                      <td>Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:44:23 +0000</td>
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                      <td>Anne Che-Bohnenstengel <a
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                      <td>Lowry, Roy K. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                          href="mailto:rkl@bodc.ac.uk">&lt;rkl@bodc.ac.uk&gt;</a>,
                        Neil Holdsworth
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                          href="mailto:NeilH@ices.dk">&lt;NeilH@ices.dk&gt;</a>,
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                          class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                          href="mailto:platforms@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk">
                          platforms@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk</a> <a
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                          href="mailto:platforms@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk">
                          &lt;platforms@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk&gt;</a></td>
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                        (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                <div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma;
                  color:#000000; font-size:10pt">Hi Neil,<br>
                  <br>
                  Sorry for the late reply. I am out of office and could
                  not check the emails for 2 weeks.<br>
                  <br>
                  I support Roy's concern over your proposal. The Cruise
                  Summary Report inventory for SeaDataNet, ODIP/POGO and
                  Eurofleets is one of the major clients requiring the
                  ICES platform codes. Your proposed modification would
                  cause immense impact on the CSRs as we have been using
                  the platform codes as an <b>unique</b> identifier for
                  the "ship" involved during the described cruise. Your
                  proposal would mean a step backwards from what SDN has
                  been working on during the last years, aside from the
                  labour we have to invest on our CSR applications for
                  the proposed changes.<br>
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                      I am sorry that BSH cannot agree to the proposed
                      platform code changes. I do undertstand the issue
                      you have with the strongly increasing number of
                      codes with the additional
                    </font><font size="2">JCOMMOP vessels.<br>
                      <br>
                      Best regards,<br>
                      Anne<br>
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                          platforms-bounces@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk</a> [<a
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                        im Auftrag von "Lowry, Roy K. [<a
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                        <b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 29. Januar 2016 16:54<br>
                        <b>An:</b> Neil Holdsworth; <a
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                        <b>Cc:</b> '<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                          href="mailto:param_admin@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk">param_admin@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk</a>'
                        (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                          href="mailto:param_admin@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk">param_admin@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk</a>)<br>
                        <b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Platforms] Proposal for
                        revision of platform governance (initiated by
                        ICES)<br>
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                        <p>Hello Neil,</p>
                        <p><br>
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                        <p>This amounts to a fundamental change in the
                          definition of entity represented by the
                          platform code, switching it from 'hull with a
                          given name + flag' to 'hull'. The reason for
                          the current definition is down to legacy.
                          Essentially a fix designed in 2004 for the
                          issue that the entity was originally the name
                          followed by inconsistent behaviour in various
                          places to the issue that ships changed names
                          and different ships shared the same name.</p>
                        <p><br>
                        </p>
                        <p>The implications of your suggestion are huge.
                          Currently, the URI based on the platform code
                          is guaranteed to resolve to the ship name
                          through the well-known semantic linkage of
                          'preferredLabel'. This applies whatever the
                          namespace of the URI. If your suggestion is
                          adopted, then a client requiring the name will
                          need the URI, the date, and the ability to
                          analyse the RDF document delivered by the URI
                          to work out which of the alternative names to
                          use.  It will also require large-scale
                          deprecation of platform codes to reduce the
                          valid code set to one per hull and large-scale
                          editing of data and metadata to eliminate the
                          deprecated codes. </p>
                        <p><br>
                        </p>
                        <p>Note that you can't ignore legacy without
                          pulling the rug from the semantic
                          interoperability infrastructure currently
                          under construction in many arenas. The
                          fundamental assumption of these systems is
                          that concept entity definitions are fixed -
                          you cannot have something sometimes meaning
                          one thing and at other times meaning something
                          else. </p>
                        <p><br>
                        </p>
                        <p>I therefore vote 'No' to your proposal and
                          strongly urge you to widen consultation beyond
                          the platforms group to include the user groups
                          it will affect, particularly
                          SeaDataNet/EMODNET, ODIP and possibly others
                          such as SenseOcean and AtlantOS.</p>
                        <p><br>
                        </p>
                        <p>Cheers, Roy.</p>
                        <p><br>
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                            <p>Please note that I partially retired on
                              01/11/2015. I am now only working 7.5
                              hours a week and can only guarantee e-mail
                              response on Wednesdays, my day in the
                              office. All vocabulary queries should be
                              sent to
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                                href="mailto:enquiries@bodc.ac.uk">enquiries@bodc.ac.uk</a>.
                              Please also use this e-mail if your
                              requirement is urgent.</p>
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&lt;platforms-bounces@mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk&gt;</a> on behalf of Neil
                              Holdsworth <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              <b>Sent:</b> 29 January 2016 15:17<br>
                              <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              <b>Subject:</b> [Platforms] Proposal for
                              revision of platform governance (initiated
                              by ICES)</font>
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                                Dear Platform Group,</p>
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                                Please respond to this proposal with a
                                “Yes” to accept the proposal or “No” to
                                reject the proposal by close of business
                                February 12. No reply will be considered
                                as a “Yes”.</p>
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                                ICES has been assigning codes for
                                JCOMMOP vessels for the past 4 months.
                                This has given us the opportunity to
                                test and re-evaluate the effectiveness
                                of the Platform code system now that the
                                predominant platform class has moved
                                from research vessels to ships of
                                opportunity. We are finding that these
                                vessels are changing name, flag, and
                                owner much more often than research
                                vessels and according to the current
                                Platform Decision Tree, some vessels
                                will need 5-6 codes in their data
                                collecting lifetime. We believe that
                                this is an unnecessary complication,
                                especially for vessels which have IMO
                                numbers since IMO numbers never change
                                and can be used for tracking.</p>
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                                <i>We would like to propose focusing on
                                  identification of a given platform
                                  which follows the hull and not the
                                  country of any governance (flag, owner
                                  or institute). We will keep track of
                                  the governance histories of the
                                  platform in the platform request
                                  system.</i></p>
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                                <i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
                                    color:#1F497D"> </span></i></p>
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                                In order to do this, we propose:</p>
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                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">a new attribute
                                  for “Operational Governance”. It will
                                  allow multiples and will be based on
                                  EDMO codes.</span></p>
                              <p style="text-indent:-18pt; margin:0cm
                                0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size:11pt;
                                font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">replace the
                                  decision tree with a simplified
                                  process</span></p>
                              <p style="text-indent:-18pt; margin:0cm
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                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">an update to
                                  vocab.ices.dk to offer a clear linking
                                  between related platform codes</span></p>
                              <p style="text-indent:-18pt; margin:0cm
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                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">to only create
                                  codes based on a random generated
                                  unique identifier (see development
                                  history)
                                </span></p>
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                                  color:black"> </span></p>
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                                The decision process will be as follows:</p>
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  color:black">If there is an IMO
                                  number:</span></p>
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                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">Attribute
                                  “Country”, i.e. Flag of country where
                                  platform is registered, is mandatory.
                                </span></p>
                              <p style="text-indent:-18pt; margin:0cm
                                0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size:11pt;
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                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">The flag and call
                                  sign will be set for the current
                                  registration of the platform.
                                </span></p>
                              <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  color:black"> </span></p>
                              <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  color:black">If there is no IMO
                                  number:</span></p>
                              <p style="text-indent:-18pt; margin:0cm
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                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">Attribute
                                  “Operational Governance” is mandatory
                                  and designated by EDMO codes.</span></p>
                              <p style="text-indent:-18pt; margin:0cm
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  font-family:Symbol; color:black"><span
                                    style="">·<span style="">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">When the flag/call
                                  sign/MMSI/Notes etc. changes, the
                                  attributes will be updated. Name
                                  changes will be documented in the
                                  “Note” attribute as “Built as name,
                                  became name 2 in xxxx, name 3 in yyyy,
                                  name 4 in zzzz etc.". The “Previous
                                  name” attribute will have the latest
                                  previous name. The previous flag/call
                                  sign attributes will be “unaccepted”
                                  but kept on the Attribute History page
                                  to aid user searching and kept on the
                                  Action History page for tracking</span><span
                                  style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">.</span></p>
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  color:black"> </span></p>
                              <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  color:black">For both cases above:</span></p>
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  color:black"> </span></p>
                              <p style="text-indent:-18pt; margin:0cm
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                                <span style="font-family:Symbol;
                                  color:black"><span style="">·<span
                                      style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                      Roman&quot;">        
                                    </span></span></span><span
                                  style="color:black">A code will be
                                  assigned as a random generated unique
                                  identifier and it will not change.
                                </span></p>
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                                Kind regards,</p>
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                                Neil</p>
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                                <b>Development history</b></p>
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                                When ICES first started assigning
                                platform codes, the majority of codes
                                were for research vessels which were
                                collecting nationally funded
                                monitoring data or project data. The
                                system was based on the assumption that
                                these national data were collected by
                                their national vessels so the first two
                                digits of the codes designated country.
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                                ICES then became part of the SeaDataNet
                                project, new attributes were added and a
                                decision tree was developed to determine
                                what was needed to assign a code. The
                                decision tree was accepted by the
                                SeaDataNet Platform Governance Group
                                after many discussions:</p>
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                                  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                    font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">should
                                    there be a country part of the code?</span>
                                </li>
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                                  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                    font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">what
                                    type of governance should determine
                                    the country part of the platform
                                    code: owner of the vessel, Institute
                                    collecting the data, flag of the
                                    country where the vessel was
                                    registered?</span>
                                </li>
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                                  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                    font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">Should
                                    an IMO code be added for
                                    identification when most research
                                    vessels can’t receive an IMO number?</span>
                                </li>
                              </ul>
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                                <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                  font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;
                                  color:black">Among other attributes,
                                  it was decided that
                                </span>the vessels' flag should
                                determine the country part of the code
                                and IMO codes should be added when
                                available.</p>
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                                As more platform classes were added to
                                L06 (and therefore added to the platform
                                request system), new situations and
                                questions came up:<span
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                                  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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                                    is the country when multiple
                                    Institutes from different countries
                                    share the vessel during the year or
                                    even share during the same cruise?
                                    See the </span>POGO initiative <span
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                                              recommendations of the
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                                              at the POGO-7 meeting in
                                              January 2006 and the POGO
                                              Members endorsed the plan
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                                  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;
                                    font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">what
                                    is the country when multiple
                                    countries own the platform?</span>
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                                In preparation for running out of codes
                                and removing semantics from codes, in
                                March 2010 it was decided by the
                                platform group that the country part of
                                the code could be abandoned and the
                                codes extended although in practice we
                                have continued to use the country as the
                                first two digits of the four digit
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                                In 2015, additional changes were made to
                                accommodate JCOMMOPs vessels. It was
                                decided that the codes would be extended
                                to 6 digits once the current 4 digit
                                system ran out of codes for a particular
                                country, additional attributes were
                                added and the possibility to add
                                multiple countries was incorporated into
                                the request program. Almost 2000
                                platforms have since been requested by
                                JCOMMOPs of which 98% are Vessels of
                                Opportunity. This has changed the
                                predominant platform class of the
                                platform code system.
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