In the dot20 system records were allowed that had no donor-ID given. Therefore a dummy donor-ID was created that started with a "#" sign. We do not generate dummy donor-ID's in the XML pipeline.
In XML the donor-ID or GRID is obligatory.
If you find donor-ID's that start with "#", it means that the data still originates from a processed dot20 file, that not yet has been updated by an XML file.
It is possible that you encounter records without an donor-ID, this is related to specific data protection regulation for some countries.
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