Coordinator id

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PTSC Meeting – February 24, 2005 9:00 Portland

Attendees: Doug Marsh (NOAA-F), Tom Hoffman (USFWS), Ed Beuttner (IDFG), Brian Johnasson (ODFW), Charles Morrill (WDFW), Carter Stein, Dave Marvin, Ryan Day, John Tenney, Nadia Gruman (PSMFC), Earl Prentice, Sandy Downing (NOAA-F), Dean Park, Sean Casey (Biomark), Zeke Mejia (Digital Angel).

1. Shall there be a ‘generic coordinator ID for “long term” projects? • Discussion: The coordinator ID could be associated with the project rather than the individual.

• The current process for retiring Coordinator is to make a note that the coordinator is no longer active. The codes in the original data files stay the same. The codes in the database stay the same.

• Earl asked what is “Long Term”?

• PTAGIS currently associates one or more PTAGIS users (generally data submitters) with a single coordinator ID.

• Carter would like to be able to be able to contact an individual associated with the three letter code, have the code approved by the steering committee members, and to have a clear definition of the code described in the Specification Document.

• The Committee consensus is to allow the coordinator id to be associated with a “Long Term” project.

Change to COORDINATOR ID code definition in the “2005 PIT Tag Specification Document”:

A field in Tagging Files used to record the (generally) three-character initials of the Coordinator or a “long term” Research Program. The Coordinator is responsible for the marking or recovery operation utilizing the PIT tags, and for responding to queries from other entities regarding those operations….

• PTAGIS staff will consider mechanisms to keep track of coordinator id’s and people responsible for “Research Programs” over time, as they investigate new data models. In addition, PTAGIS will prepare a process to allow the Coordinator ID’s to be updated in a systematic, automated process.

• Ed Buettner will provide guidance to PTAGIS to assist in implementing the new requirement.