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titleWhat are the implication implications, if my registry cant submit their organisation can not submit the test file with donor or cord blood data in the new file format by the deadline of 15th November?

If your registry cant can not submit the XML format you should contact must inform WMDA as soon as possible to inform them. Unfortunately the The deadline to completely switchover to the new XML format is fixed but we will look . By contacting us we can investigate options to help your registry with organisations with every help we can provide to smoothly transition to this format. 

Please contact the WMDA office as soon as possible through support@bmdw.org so we can discuss the appropriate course of action. .

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titleWhy do I need to change my data submission format from Dot20 to XML?
After the successful implementation of the Search & Match services, BMDW is now  focusing on improving the data collection which will in-turn help with better search functionality. As part of this initiative, BMDW would like to receive a more extensive data-set from listing organisations and represent these to the users as part of search results. The current data file format (DOT20) is not appropriate to receive more data fields and therefore another more applicable file format is necessary. The new file format is an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file, which is considered an industry standard that is extendable, secure, robust and easy to use.

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