DSV standard

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DSV standard
File extension : .dsv, .dsv6
Developed by: German Swimming Association , West German Swimming Association
Current version: 6 (as of November 1, 2015)
Type: Data exchange

The DSV standard is a data format for the exchange of information in German swimming . It was originally developed in the 1980s within the West German Swimming Association and was adopted by the German Swimming Association in May 2002 . The DSV standard is currently published in format 6 on October 26, 2015 and has been in force since September 1, 2015.

construction

In contrast to other formats such as the European Lenex , files according to the DSV standard are simple text files with the file extension DSV or DSV6. In addition to machine readability, simple manual reading and creation of the file was also in the foreground during development, as EDP programs were even less common in competition operations at the beginning of development. In the meantime, organizers charge higher entry fees if an electronic data format is not used or, in this case, reject entries. The only valid character encoding of the text file is UTF-8 .

A DSV file can contain exactly one of the following lists, which are required for swimming events:

Club registration list
The club registration list contains information on the club or the starting community (address, contact person) that athletes register for a competition, as well as the exact names of the reports with personal data, starts and registration times. It is sent by the registering club to the organizer of the event.
Club results list
these files contain the results of the athletes of a club separated by competitions and rating classes with intermediate and final times as well as placements. The organizer usually makes them available to the registering club after the end of the competition, who can then transfer the results to their own administration software and generate evaluations.
Competition results list
it contains the same data as the club results list, but with the results of all clubs that took part in the event. It is the equivalent of the protocol , which is usually created in PDF format, and is transmitted to the responsible umbrella organizations, which use it to update the lists of the best and the records.
Competition definition list
the competition definition list contains only general data on the event (host, location, entry fee) and the competitions and rating classes offered in the event. The list is created by the organizer, who then makes it publicly available to the clubs together with the announcement. They can read the definition files and use this as a basis to create club registration lists, which in turn are sent to the host.

The competition definition list was only introduced in November 2005 with issue 8.1. The new version of the DSV standard adopted in March 2015 led to far-reaching changes in the structure. For the first time it became possible to define leg movement and other special routes directly. In addition, the ANSI character code was converted to UTF-8 coding.

particularities

The DSV standard also specifies the file names of the dsv files. These should be formed from the combination of the date of the event, the location and the type of list contained. For example, the file name of a competition definition list for an event on February 1, 2020 in Berlin should be named 2020-02-01-Berlin-Wk.DSV6 . However, the processing of the file content by specialist software is usually also possible with a different name.

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