[Buildingdata] Re: Levels (Dammit)

[Alexander Dutton]

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On 23/08/11 13:39, Nick Gibbins wrote:
> That's local usage, certainly - I was suggesting a case at another
> institution where the room number to level number mapping isn't as
> obvious.

*points at Oxford*

Being so decentralised we have multiple room numbering schemes. The
official estates system is "<buildingno>.<(floor+1)*10>.<spaceno>",
but colleges each have their own schemes, as do some departments (I'm
in B07 (<floor><spaceno>) at Zoology).

At Keble I was in H702 (Hayward; H<staircase><roomno>), 2704 (Liddon;
<floorno><staircase><roomno>), and A012 (ARCO; A<flatno><roomno>). The
teaching and meeting rooms had their own numbering system, but this
wasn't exposed beyond what was etched into the room keys.


On the subject of buildings-on-slopes, UWE's Frenchay site is composed
of multiple building-sections (e.g. Block A). Going in at ground level
at one end might put you three floors up on the other side. AFAICR the
floor numbers matched across the whole site. See
<http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/Lab%20Photos/frenchay_map.jpg>,
<http://www.uwe.ac.uk/library/info/frenchay/floorfr.htm> and
<http://www.amali.me/Map.jpg> for example maps.


Our plan with room identifiers is to give each scheme its own
namespace (in a non-RDF sense) and record as many as possible.


Yours,

Alex

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Alexander Dutton
Metamorphoses Project Developer, Claros
Oxford University Computing Services, ℡ 01865 (6)13483
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