Re: [Vienna Docs] - update 1: Duns and IP numbers

[Takayuki Nakao <t.nakao@ntta.com>]

NTT-Com/NTT-Data
D-U-N-S number: 19-482-5212 (of NTT America, Inc.)

Nakao
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From: "William J. Kammerer" <wkammerer@foresightcorp.com>
Subject: Re: [Vienna Docs] - update 1: Duns and IP numbers
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:57:44 -0400
Message-ID: <014f01c0cf32$cf1ef1c0$4301a8c0@columbus.foresightcorp.com>

> Chris Ferris asked "why are we using fictitious DUNS+4 numbers as
> opposed to real ones?"  Great question - I think it looks dorky to
> manufacture D-U-N-S numbers when the real ones are guaranteed to be
> unique worldwide - and are only nine digits long!
> 
> For your consideration, I've attached an updated copy of the
> DUNS_IP_vienna.xls spreadsheet with the real D-U-N-S of each of the POC
> participants.  Included are the locations of the companies, as a sanity
> check to ensure the correct D-U-N-S is listed.  Lycos' Companies  Online
> at http://www.companiesonline.com/ was sufficient for obtaining most,
> though a few were obtained from the D&B research desk at 800.333.0505
> where a real friendly fellow was able to come up with the few stragglers
> in just a couple moments - the only tough one was Infoteria Corporation,
> and he found the D-U-N-S of the presumed parent in Japan.
> 
> The *nine* digit D-U-N-S is listed in the PartyID column with dash
> separators - these would not be included in the party identifier in the
> registry (oh! am I making assumptions? or is this stuff all hard-coded?)
> or the MS message header, as they are only for viewability.  Some of the
> larger companies have multiple divisions, and I just picked the most
> plausible candidate or the parent entity's D-U-N-S.  Normally,
> participants should be expected to know their own D-U-N-S.  And in this
> case, everyone did happen to have a D-U-N-S, but in the real world you
> will have to make provision for alternate identifier systems, such as
> the EAN GLN.
> 
> William J. Kammerer
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