[LSC] Sticker sheets numbers

[Michael Heidemann]

It sounds logical what Joshua is saying. Also for me we should use the 
DesignID instead of the PartID. We should put this in the sticker 
document http://www.ldraw.org/Article339.html where at present on the 
SKU is mentioned. This has to be expand, so that is clear which number 
to use.

mikeheide

ldraw at holly-wood.it schrieb:

> Dear LSC,

>

> since the numbering of the stickers is on your laundry list

> http://www.ldraw.org/Article399.html I'd like to summarize

> the answers we got from Joshua Delahunty (dulcaoin) on the

> issue.

>

> w.

>

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>

> Q: Could you put some light on the sticker sheet numbers?

> there is some discussion at the PT if we should use the

> first or second number on modern sticker sheets:

>

> http://www.bricklink.com/PL/6761stk01.jpg

>

> It would be helpful if we know what the numbers (71403 /

> 4106330) stand for? 

>

> A: ... you have Design ID's and Item Numbers.  Design ID's

> are fixed, and run somewhat parallel to the embossed numbers

> you'd see on a part.  They stand for that part (fairly)

> ongoing, and do not change.

>

> Item numbers change over time.  You might think of them as

> TLG internal "SKUs". They're actually identifiers in an

> internal SAP database used since approximately 1995.

>

> The same part, in the same color, can have different Item 

> #'s over time.  Once a part leaves the active assortment

> (some parts stay permanently, many leave and reenter the

> assortment), it usually (but not always) loses that number,

> and will receive a new Item number upon "re-activation" in

> the future.

>

> the 7xxxx number is the Design ID

> the 4xxxyyyy number is the Item Number

>

> I'd vote ... to use the first number over the second.

>

> ***

>

> Q: Are stickers treated as parts or are they numbered with

> different criteria

>

> A: Stickers (labels) are in the same "number space" as

> parts.  They're all in the same "bucket".  You won't see a

> part with 70123 and a label with 70123 or vice-versa.  That

> goes for everything: cloth patterns, rubber bands, screws

> that go in motors, etc.

>

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>

>

> Joshua asked tho inclued the following in the FW.

>

> I've been working on a LEGO elements and sets database since

> my LEGO re-awakening in 1993, when I discovered

> alt.toys.lego; while I have official references to back up

> the assertions I make, much of it is my personal

> interpretation of official information, and it has changed

> over time as I've gotten more information, and heard from

> more people. I have been wrong about my conclusions in the

> past, and have had to change some of my understandings of

> "the truth" over time. I believe what I'm saying to be

> accurate and true, to the best of my knowledge, but I'm

> still *not* "The horse's mouth" on these issues, officially

> or otherwise.

>

> That said, I've collected a lot of official information,

> either first hand or second-hand, that presents a pretty

> solid perspective; and I endeavour to be as accurate as

> possible, given the information I have at hand.

>

> -- joshua

>

>

>

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