Well, it could be useful but too early to tell. Part of the answer depends on how the 20 digit identifier is constructed...will it show country codes alongside.some other code pushed together? Or will it be 'underived'? As for the attributes: This is where we need to push these folks to an existing set, not create new. As an OASIS guy, Jameie should be telling them to use OASIS CIQ. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ciq This is where the ISOC attribute infrastructure work could be worth its weight in gold. A single repository where you pick up the schema structure and semantics for 'expiry date' for example. From: dg-am-bounces@kantarainitiative.org [mailto:dg-am-bounces@kantarainitiative.org] On Behalf Of Salvatore D'Agostino Sent: Saturday, 10 March 2012 2:11 a.m. To: dg-am@kantarainitiative.org Subject: [DG-AM] Legal Entity Identifer http://www.financialstabilityboard.org/publications/r_120307.pdf via Jamie at OASIS and Financial Stability Board How does this compare or could be used with typical Organization descriptions (20 digits vs. intOrg, etc.)? and does this help? What gap does it address? Typical standards questions and ones we are applying our look at attributes and attribute providers. Salvatore D'Agostino, CSCIP IDmachines LLC |1264 Beacon Street, #5 | Brookline, MA 02446 | USA http:\\www.idmachines.com<http://www.idmachines.com/> | http:\\idmachines.blogspot.com<http://idmachines.blogspot.com/> | @idmachines +1 617.201.4809 ph | +1 617.812.6495 fax ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====