Re: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp

["David Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

William,

I seem to recall that the BSI folks are the same that
provide the spec's to certify condums and the Titanic....

DW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William J. Kammerer" <wkammerer@novannet.com>
To: <ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp


> Gosh.  You had better remind the ISO 4217 (TC 68) - and the UBL - folks
> to correct their stuff and add the GBX code where it belongs, in full
> glory alongside the Albanian Lek. It was missing from the list at
> http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/currencycodeslist.html,
> which might explain why it was also missing from the
> UBL-CodeList-CurrencyCode-1.0 schema.  As the BSI (British Standards
> Institution) is the Maintenance Agency for this code list, this is a
> particularly embarrassing omission.
> 
> William J. Kammerer
> Novannet
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Chilcott" <andrew.chilcott@stpsolutions.com>
> To: "'Adrian Walker'" <adrianw@snet.net>
> Cc: <ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>; "'David Webber (XML)'"
> <david@drrw.info>
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 February, 2005 07:34 PM
> Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp
> 
> 
> 
> A bit of investigation through my friends at Interactive Data reveals
> that the correct ISO code for pence is GBX which is what is used to
> describe UK share prices quoted in pence in all the major price feeds.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
>   _____
> 
> From: Adrian Walker [mailto:adrianw@snet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 3:44 PM
> To: Andrew Chilcott
> Cc: ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org; David Webber (XML)
> Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew --
> 
> At 03:06 PM 2/20/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> 
> Having lived in the UK most of my life, I can assure you that I have
> never seen GBp used anywhere.
> 
> Actually, I have seen it used. Some UK share prices are quoted in GBp,
> meaning pennies, not pounds.
> 
> As David pointed out, some people may think they are 100 times richer
> than they actually are.
> 
> Glad to hear the usage is not widespread.
> 
> There's perhaps a general point here -- think about the whole
> user/programmers/business- rules/meta-data/data/user-interface system
> when choosing abbreviations.
> 
> 
>                                 Cheers,  -- Adrian
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