pid format changed

[r***@kells.com]

I noticed that today on r3 that the programme pids now start with 'm'
and have reset, e.g. 'm00006p1'. In the past pids began with 'b' or 'p'

Just a curiosity, but anybody know why?

Lewis

[David Cantrell]

Post by r***@kells.com
I noticed that today on r3 that the programme pids now start with 'm'
and have reset, e.g. 'm00006p1'. In the past pids began with 'b' or 'p'

There are also PIDs out there beginning with w, r, and c.

Post by r***@kells.com
Just a curiosity, but anybody know why?

Each of the different initial letters corresponds to a different
authoritative source of unique identifiers. A new initial letter means
that there is a new Thingy generating PIDs. That letter being m probably
relates to the name of a piece of software internal to the BBC or to an
organisational unit of the BBC or the name of some third party whose
services they use.