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Subject: Re: [Care2002-developers] Global PID and VISA type numbering system
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:48:26 +1100
From: Horst Herb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:19, J. Antas wrote:
How is that for a start? Does it seem pragmatic enough?
No.
You mentioned the Norwegian system as one that works well. It does indeed.
On e of the reasons is that even first yea children can remember their ID
number, no need to write it down - it is your date of birth <ddmmyy> followed
by a 5 figure identifier, allowing for up to 10^5 people to be born on that
particular day (not quite, since gender and a few other traits are encoded in
this 5-figure number along with a check digit).
Prepend this by an "area code" of your birth (like the international country
code for example) and add a 6th number, and it will be
- truly universal
- easy to remember
- already contain some obvious identifying factors like d.o.b. and gender
preventing some mix-ups.
The latter can be a disadvantage in countries without any legislation to protect individuals from predatory data miners and information abuse (like the US).
Horst -- Just go with the flow control, roll with the crunches, and, when you get a prompt, type like hell.
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