Within this standard are fields that are compulsory (must be completed to meet the standard) or optional. Fields are optional if they ‘can be null’. Data can be recorded for an organisation in fields not defined in this standard- the standard only defines common fields.
A2.1 Marine Organisation Name
STRING NA
The name by which the organisation partaking in marine activity goes by.
A2.2
TABLE Rows
The identifying numbers given to the organisation, for example the IMO provided by the international maritime organisation. This is a table with two columns as defined below.
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A2.2.1 Key
STRING NA
Cannot be nullA description of the type of Identifier being provided. This should include the body who assigned the ID.
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A2.2.2 Value
STRING NA
Cannot be nullThe value of the identifier as assigned to the organisation.
A2.3 Marine organisation type
STRING NA
This identifies the purpose and key activity of the organisation in terms of marine activity- for example, “charterer” or “builder”.
A2.4 Country of operation
LOOKUP Country ISO Codes
The ISO code of the country in which the organisation performs most of its operations- this is generally the country in which the organisation has the greatest volume of income eligible for taxation.
A2.5 Organisation address
STRING NA
The primary address at which the organisation can be reached in the form: Number Street name Town name City name County name State name Country name Postcode
A2.6 Organisation contact details
TABLE Rows
A table containing all known contact details for the organisation. The fields required for this table are defined below.
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A2.6.1 Key
STRING
Can be nullA description of the type of contact details being provided.
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A2.6.2 Value
STRING
Can be nullThe corresponding contact details for the organisation.
A2.7 Functions as a vessel technical operator
BOOLEAN NA
A logical stating whether the organisation is currently involved in the day to day technical operation of vessels.
A2.8 Related Companies
TABLE Rows
A collection of identifiers for other organisations that hold a relationship with this company and a description of the relationship type. The table should contain two columns ‘COMPANY ID’ (An Identifier for the company), ‘Identifier type’ (the type of id used) and ‘Relationship Type’ (a description of the relationship held between the two companies).
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A2.8.1 Company Identifier
LOOKUP / STRING A2: Organisation
Cannot be nullThis field should define the company with which a relationship is held. Ideally, this should be a lookup to another company in the data set as defined by the Data Standard A2 (A2.10 Internal ID), however; if this is not available then a company name or identifier can be provided.
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A2.8.2 Relationship Type
STRING NA
Can be nullA description of the type of relationship held between the two companies.
A2.9 Additional Particulars Attributes
TABLE Rows
A table recording data about the organisation that does not allign with other fields in the schema. This data can be very generic and is recorded in a table with two fields as defined below.
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A2.9.1 Key
STRING
Can be nullA description or name for the attribute that this piece of data describes.
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A2.9.2 Value
STRING
Can be nullThe value of the particulars attribute. Note that while this is a string value, xml or other data forms can be stored as a string in this field.
A2.10 Internal ID
STRING NA
An ID for internal purposes used to identify this entity and link it to other entities.