SpaceVal

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SpaceVal

• Space Notice Validation System

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Space Validation

• Validates electronic submissions for
• Satellite networks and earth stations for
  coordination or notification under Articles 9 and
  11
• To be implemented validation for electronic
  submissions for
• Appendices 30, 30A and 30B
• Article 2A of Appendices 30 and 30A
• Advance Publication
• Resolution 49

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Space Validation Checks

• Is the electronic submission complete?
• All required data specified in Appendix 4,
  WRC-2003 must be provided
• Is the data correct?
• Is the data in the electronic submission
  coherent?

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Space Validation Rules

• All rules are implemented including reference
  tables and new data introduced by WRC-2003
• Three types of validation rules
• Basic checks (mandatory items and values)
• Checks between two or more data items
• Complex validation (involving many data items and
  calculations)

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Space Validation Errors

• Error types Fatal and Warning
• Fatal
• Missing data
• Incorrect data
• Warnings out of range, unknown, not in
  reference tables

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Space Validation Input

• Electronic submission must be in a MS-Access
  database container in SNS V5 format
• Captured via SpaceCap
• SNS V5 format is enforced
• Created via some other means
• SNS V5 format must be implemented manually

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Space Validation Output

• Validation report is written to the MS-Access
  database containing the electronic submission
• Report can be viewed and printed via SpaceQry

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SpaceVal Modes of Operation

• Stand-alone mode using the SpaceVal user
  interface all rules are applied
• Integrated with SpaceCap

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Integration with SpaceCap

• Validation in Capture Mode
• SpaceCap calls the Validation dll to perform
• Basic checks
• Some cross-checks
• Validation Correction Mode
• View and correct errors generated by SpaceVal

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SpaceVal User Interface
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Space Validation Error Report
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SpaceVal Installation

• External Requirements
• SpaceCap
• SpaceQry for viewing and printing validation
  error report
• The "regional settings" in the Control Panel
• Select "English (UK)" or "English (US)" as the
  language
• short date format should be "dd/mm/yy" with "/"
  as the separator character.

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SpaceVal Web Page
www.itu.int/itu-r/software/space/spaceval/index.ht
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SpaceVal Demonstration...