I am trying to get a book together on such standards so that maybe the next batch of Newbies will stop inventing their own encodings.

Joe,

I am trying to get a book together on such standards so that maybe the next batch of Newbies will stop inventing their own encodings.

I guess as Ed already said this might become a very big one. Standards
become very specialized and it depends on the business for which the
database is in use, which are important and which are not, but the
idea of creating a reference book isn't bad.

Here my input for a chapter about international trade and
transportation - this is just a selection of those which appear most
important to me:

ISO 6346 numbering of freight containers (and also for chassis,
trailers, detachable equipment)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6346

UN location codes (mainly for trade and transportation)http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/

UN/ECE Package type codeshttp://www.unece.org/cefact/recommendations/rec21/rec21rev4_ecetrd309...

International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Codeshttp://www.imo.org/TCD/mainframe.asp?topic_id=158
(just available for purchase)
N.B: This is just the start: dangerous goods coding could fill a
chapter of itself.

Harmonized system (HS) customs cargo classification codeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonized_System

INCOTERMS (13 codes for foreign trade contracts indicating the passing
of risk and costs from seller to buyer and further obligations)http://www..iccwbo.org/incoterms/id3040/index.html

brgds

Philipp Post

How about Internet standards:

medical (e.g., transcription codes)

Trucking VMRS (Vehicle maintenance Reporting standard)

Does Legal industry have some standards (maybe Federal Register numbering?? I don't know.)

School classes - is there a standard for coding college classes? or does each school make up their own number scheme??

I'm surprised you don't list UPC and other bar codes.

Geographic (latitude and longitude) Might be obvious but still don't want to create your own without at least thinking about using this.

Font numbering!!!!

This could be a big book. Need a collaborator?

--CELKO-- <jcelko... at (no spam) earthlink.net> wrote:
I am trying to get a book together on such standards so that maybe the
next batch of Newbies will stop inventing their own encodings.
Suggestions welcome!

If you were teaching the course would you recommend using a similar
book or doing a web search?

I am trying to get a book together on such standards so that maybe the
next batch of Newbies will stop inventing their own encodings.
Suggestions welcome!

, but the idea of creating a reference book isn't bad.

Here my input for a chapter about international trade and transportation - this is just a selection of those which appear most important to me:

, but the idea of creating a reference book isn't bad.

Here my input for a chapter about international trade and transportation - this is just a selection of those which appear most important to me:

If you were teaching the course would you recommend using a similar book or doing a web search?

If you were teaching the course would you recommend using a similar
book or doing a web search?

What data standards should a database designer know about?

ICD-10 (classification of diseases).

Very good!  and exactly what I am after.  Not so much depth, but a taste of the basics in a given area.

Isn't there a book of holidays for ports that International Maritime shipping uses?

ISBN for books

And ISBN-13 (or whatever the new version is called).

What data standards should a database designer know about?

Digital Object Identifiers: http://doi.org