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Notices to Skippers (NtS) were being implemented in various European countries based on Commission Regulation 416/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the technical specifications for Notices to Skippers as referred to in Article 5 of RIS directive 2005/44/EC. The NtS standard is in the continuous process of enhancement, a major step forward was the release of the NtS Web Service facilitating exchange of NtS messages between authorities as well as between authorities and NtS users as well as NtS XSD 4.0 streamlining the encoding of NtS messages.
The NtS Encoding Guide explains the applicability of the four NtS message types as well as codes to be used in case of certain events. It provides NtS editors with NtS message filling instructions, thus allows nationally and internationally harmonised encoding of NtS messages.
Considering increased use of the NtS web service, NtS messages shall be further harmonised to ensure proper display of content on third party systems. Uniform encoding of messages is also a prerequisite for consideration of messages in voyage planning applications. The NtS Encoding Guide version 1.0 applies to NtS XSD 4.0 and the NtS Web Service WSDL 2.0.4.0.
The NtS Encoding Guide for editors is intended for personnel editing (and publishing) NtS messages including step-by-step creation instructions for the proper message types as well as explanation of codes. The encoding guide for editors also includes relevant information for application developers.
The NtS Encoding Guide for developers includes guidelines for NtS application implementation explaining logic, processes and auto/default values.