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WARNINGGTFS Schedule notice

An attribution does not say what the organization does

attribution_without_role
Severity
WARNING
Files to check
1
Report fields
2
Documentation
Curated

Diagnosis

What this notice means

An attribution row has no role set to 1.

Operational effect

Why it matters

Users of the feed cannot tell whether this organization produced the data, operates the service, or acts as the authority.

Scope

Files to check and report fields

Report fieldTypeMeaning
attributionIdstringThe id of the faulty record.
csvRowNumberintegerThe row number of the faulty record.

Repair

How to fix it

  1. 1

    Find the reported row in attributions.txt.

  2. 2

    Set at least one of is_producer, is_operator, or is_authority to 1, according to the organization's actual role.

  3. 3
    Check the result

    After a repair, rebuild the archive and validate it again. Confirm that the affected records are correct and that no new related notices appeared. A reviewed warning or informational notice may remain when it describes intentional, supported data.

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