Open Marine Data Standards
A8: Certification Version History

1.0.0

27 September 2022

Data Standards
A1: Vessel A2: Organisation A3: Port A4: Terminal A5: Berth A6: Classification Society A7: Ship Builder A8: Certification A9: Restriction A10: Inspection A11: Incident A12: Vetting Data A13: Contract A14: Port Call

A8: Certification

This data standard should be used to record all data about a certification- awards or certificates given to an entity if an entity meets certain conditions.

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Fields within this standard can be compulsory (must be completed to meet the standard) or optional. Fields are optional if they ‘can be null’. Data can be recorded against a certification for fields not defined in this standard- the standard only defines common fields.

This data standard defines the certification and what that entails, it does not define or record what entities have been granted the certification.

A8.1 Certification name

STRING NA

Cannot be null

The name of the certification- the string of characters most commonly used to identify the certification.

A8.2 Certification type

LOOKUP B9: Certification Types

Cannot be null

The value in the dictionary which best describes the type of entity to which the certification can be awarded.

A8.3 Certification description

STRING NA

Can be null

This is a description of what the certification means and entails. This can include conditions an entity must meet to attain the certification and benefits of gaining the certification.

A8.4 Certifying organisation

LOOKUP / STRING A2: Organisation

Can be null

This is the most unique identifier available for the organisation that awards the certification (certifies entities). This can be a look up to a dataset corresponding with data standard “A2 Organisation” or a string containing an identifier for the organisation (Intenal ID).

A8.5 Certification validity period

INT NA

Can be null

This value represents the maximum number of days for which a certification can be valid after it is awarded.

A8.6 Additional Particulars Attributes

TABLE Rows

Can be null

A table recording data about the certification 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.

  • A8.6.1 Key

    STRING

    Can be null

    A description or name for the attribute that this piece of data describes.

  • A8.6.2 Value

    STRING

    Can be null

    The 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.

A8.7 Internal ID

STRING NA

Can be null

An ID for internal purposes used to identify this entity and link it to other entities.