Stamps Issuing Entity and Regional Menu_Codes: The Menu_Type code system |0=no menu listing - historical info; data only |; e.g. West Indies = Caribbean Islands |1=entity1 ; as primary menu choise ; including dead countries |; test for top level file & #6 or #7 |2=entity2 ; as primary menu item |3=entity3 ; as primary menu item |? why wouldn't position be sufficient??? |4=data only: for top level file ; live country |to be used where a '1' (Entity1) is a live country. |live countries will have a top level file. |(country (entity2) data file/display) |print Entity1+" "+Entity2Descript+" (" |+start_date+"-"+end_date+")" |these are manual entries so testing may not |be necessary....;( |5=no print, no menu, no display; |reordered duplicates used for searching only |6=additional date range ; place in 1st entry ? |of an entity as a flag ???? |i.e. signals system to search for 2nd entry????? |7=addional date & additional relationship |(entity2); superceeds #6; i.e. read all entries 1st. |cf Andorra - Spanish & French co-principality |each with sperate issues and start dates. |8 (unused) |9 (unused) ----- |a-z (lower case): geo/political ... |d=definition; i.e. equate geopolitical term with a region: |e.g. Mid East = Asia Minor (rough example; research needed) |; e.g. Mid East?, Far East, Near East??? Orient? |e=entity; stamp issuing |c=compass regions: N., S. E. W. C. SE. SW. NE. NW. |g=top geo. gen.: continents and seas: e.g. Eurasia |i=interior or s=sub regions: e.g. Balkan Peninsula |also can terminate in an SIE? e.g. South Arabia - Saudi Arabia |p=political division |t=topical/historical; i.e. geo-political regional designations suggests an indexing pattern of: Entity1+Menu_Num+Entity2Descript+Entity2+Entity3 EXAMPLE: gh:Eurasia (where 'gh'=geographical heading gh:Eurasia - Europe gh:Eurasia - Asia g:Europe (where g=major geogrphic region) c:Europe, N. --(& S.,E.,W.,SE.) (where c=cardinal or compass points i:Europe, N. - Scandinavia -(where 'i'=interior regions) 3:Europe, N. - Scandinavia - Finland (a # points to a SIE) |?=WHAT IS THIS? |p=political: e.g. Kingdoms, Empires etc. ...top level. |s=sub-political areas: e.g. Spanish West Indies (33920) |t = topical e.g "United States - Military Gov't in Korea" ----- below (A-Z, 8-9) probably needs own field------ |A-Z (caps); these could easily require mulitples |;width? |C=concurrent issues; cf Leeward Isls, Zanzibar |I=stamp idendification |L=live country today. (these will have a seperate file too) |D=dependent status; |P=political e.g. British Empire (s/b ordered by 'p' above; |develope more specific list (db?); .e.g British Empire (#1)..? |T=topic : e.g. 'British Military Administration' | or 'Allied Occupation' (note: 'Allied' | shoud be defined: US, GB etc. ...; | IMPLIES a political context. |N-E-W-S-C-V-W-X-Z-? : |n= North, |e=East, |s=South, |w=West, |c=Central, |v=NorthEast |w=NorthWest |y=SouthWest |z=SouthEast