For example, Spain could break up in two or three in a couple of years time, and then any program that needs country and currency code lists like this surely needs to be updated to handle that ASAP. Deploying a data update is usually a lot easier than deploying a code update.
That said, if your library is kept up to date, it could be used to generate such data updates, and be useful in that regard.
AFAIK, the data changes as states and currencies come and go, which is not very frequently, but it happens. If I remember correctly, some of the data are contested in some countries, as they may or may not recognize some other entity as legal.
Asbjørn Heid I understand your suggestion. Naturally the library will be updated as soon as possible. So I think that will be stable for more than one year for the moment.
Attila Kovacs I'm not sure that data for this ISO standards will change in futur. I'm using this library on my own projects and components.
ReplyDeleteLibaud Frédéric Both of these standards are updated regularly, as countries come and go and currencies change.
ReplyDeleteFor example, Spain could break up in two or three in a couple of years time, and then any program that needs country and currency code lists like this surely needs to be updated to handle that ASAP. Deploying a data update is usually a lot easier than deploying a code update.
That said, if your library is kept up to date, it could be used to generate such data updates, and be useful in that regard.
AFAIK, the data changes as states and currencies come and go, which is not very frequently, but it happens. If I remember correctly, some of the data are contested in some countries, as they may or may not recognize some other entity as legal.
ReplyDeleteAsbjørn Heid I understand your suggestion. Naturally the library will be updated as soon as possible. So I think that will be stable for more than one year for the moment.
ReplyDeleteLars Fosdal Yes but the library applicate the ISO standard. And software how use this, could operate some exception as necessary.
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