Re: Stations are primary

From: Ralph Hartley (hartley@aic.nrl.navy.mil)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 19:03:09 CET


Richard Knapp wrote:

>> I am trying not to express any opinion at all on IDs for shots. I think
>> shots (and other things as well) should at least have an optional ID
>> field. I can't see making it mandatory, because some programs might not ..
>
> Is this "feature" to make it easier to enter data or easier to process the data?

The purpose of all the IDs (optional or not) are to make it easier to
process the *same* data as was entered!

For some cases, such as stations, IDs aren't needed to make it *easier*,
they are needed to make it *possible*.

Ralph Hartley



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