[webservices] ws_station network identifier

[Chad Trabant]

Hello.

In general, networks, like stations and channels, have the notion of a start time and an end time.  For permanent networks there are normally not breaks in the continuity.  For temporary networks there are often blocks of years allocated for specific experiments, for example XY 2005-2006, XY 2007-2009 and XY 2010-2010.  We would not consider those temporary networks to be modifications of an existing network, but instead to be logically different networks.  Essentially the network code combined with the start and end time uniquely identifies a "network", when the dates change and the network code is recycled it should be considered a new network.  Not sure I understood your question, did that help at all?

Chad

On Jun 14, 2011, at 2:00 PM, John D. West wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I'm using the station webservice in EMERALD to maintain a local cache of network, station, and component metadata. In the Network level, reuse of network codes makes it difficult to differentiate between new and modified networks, e.g., if a network EndDate changes, my system registers it as a new usage of the network code instead of modification of an existing network.
> 
> Is there some unique identifier for each network which can be included in the web service?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>      -- John
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