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Subject: Re: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp
William, I seem to recall that the BSI folks are the same that provide the spec's to certify condums and the Titanic.... DW ----- Original Message ----- From: "William J. Kammerer" <wkammerer@novannet.com> To: <ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp > Gosh. You had better remind the ISO 4217 (TC 68) - and the UBL - folks > to correct their stuff and add the GBX code where it belongs, in full > glory alongside the Albanian Lek. It was missing from the list at > http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/currencycodeslist.html, > which might explain why it was also missing from the > UBL-CodeList-CurrencyCode-1.0 schema. As the BSI (British Standards > Institution) is the Maintenance Agency for this code list, this is a > particularly embarrassing omission. > > William J. Kammerer > Novannet > Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA > +1 (614) 487-0320 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Chilcott" <andrew.chilcott@stpsolutions.com> > To: "'Adrian Walker'" <adrianw@snet.net> > Cc: <ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>; "'David Webber (XML)'" > <david@drrw.info> > Sent: Tuesday, 22 February, 2005 07:34 PM > Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp > > > > A bit of investigation through my friends at Interactive Data reveals > that the correct ISO code for pence is GBX which is what is used to > describe UK share prices quoted in pence in all the major price feeds. > > Andrew > > > > _____ > > From: Adrian Walker [mailto:adrianw@snet.net] > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 3:44 PM > To: Andrew Chilcott > Cc: ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org; David Webber (XML) > Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp > > > > Andrew -- > > At 03:06 PM 2/20/2005 +0000, you wrote: > > > Having lived in the UK most of my life, I can assure you that I have > never seen GBp used anywhere. > > Actually, I have seen it used. Some UK share prices are quoted in GBp, > meaning pennies, not pounds. > > As David pointed out, some people may think they are 100 times richer > than they actually are. > > Glad to hear the usage is not widespread. > > There's perhaps a general point here -- think about the whole > user/programmers/business- rules/meta-data/data/user-interface system > when choosing abbreviations. > > > Cheers, -- Adrian > > > > > > INTERNET BUSINESS LOGIC (R) > www <http://www.reengineeringllc.com/> .reengineeringllc.com > <http://www.reengineeringllc.com/> > > Adrian Walker > Reengineering LLC > PO Box 1412 > Bristol > CT 06011-1412 USA > > Phone: USA 860 583 9677 > Cell: USA 860 830 2085 > Fax: USA 860 314 1029 > > > >
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