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[Luiz Augusto Garcia da Silva <luizaugustogarcia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,


We are processing reports from several publishers/platforms and putting 
them into a database to further querying. It is expected that eventually 
we want to know what publishers/platforms we already collect. In order 
to identify which vendor is sending which data there is the tag "Vendor" 
and its subtags. The problem is that each vendor is sending those 
information in different ways, where some send "Vendor" with only "Id" 
filled, others send "Vendor" with only "Name" filled and empty "Id" (few 
ones more zealous send all subtags related to "Vendor" filled), 
resulting in difficulty in identifying who is sending such information.

Thinking about the application that processes these information, it's 
need to test which field is coming filled in order to identify the 
sender, and sometimes create an arbitrary way to attribute a unique 
identifier to the sender. It would be much easier if there were a field 
that we can always entrust that it will come filled. The natural elected 
for this, in my opinion, would be "Id".

Don't you think the standard should enforce at least this field come filled?

Luiz.
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