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Add Disney Animation as a Facility #999

Closed radford-for-smpte closed 6 days ago

radford-for-smpte commented 1 month ago

Walt Disney Animation Studios already has a registered studio code registered (WDAS). This studio occasionally manufacturers their own DCPs for distribution worldwide as is thus acting as a Facility would. Currently, facility codes are restricted to 2-3 characters. I see two possibilities:

  1. Extend the schema for facility codes to be 2-4 characters (which would align with the current studio schema)
  2. Suggest that Walt Disney Animation Studios would register a different code to be used when they act in the context of a facility (e.g. WDA?).

Option 2 to me seems confusing and not ideal. Having two different codes that refers to the same entity could lead to confusion.

Thoughts? @japierce1028 @palemieux

jackers2024 commented 3 weeks ago

I like the coding schema extension idea better as well.

palemieux commented 3 weeks ago

Extend the schema for facility codes to be 2-4 characters (which would align with the current studio schema)

No objection from me! Just need to inform the members before we commit.

japierce1028 commented 2 weeks ago

I am not in favor of changing the facility code from 3 characters to 4 characters. I'm afraid of breaking something in the workflow of software products. But it's been this way since the beginning (Facility 3 characters, Studio 4 characters) and there are many studios that have an associated facility with a different code. We decided not to require a match a few cycles ago. If we did make the change would it encourage 4-character studios to change their associated facility to match? Bottom line we want to move beyond the naming convention and not keep 'fixing' a convention, not a standard.

SteveLLamb commented 1 week ago

Group discussed 2024-11-13 and ok with adding and expanding the the schema.

japierce1028 commented 1 week ago

Agreed, we should proceed with allowing 4 character facility codes. I think we should be quiet about it and not list on the website that it is allowed, but change the checks so we can enter a 4 character code in the registry. (I am not committed to not changing the website, but that's my knee-jerk feeling.)

jackers2024 commented 1 week ago

I agree somewhat, but I think we should wait to reveal the change on the website until that change actually happens.