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WARNINGGTFS Schedule notice

The feed has no data-support contact

missing_feed_contact_email_and_url
Severity
WARNING
Files to check
1
Report fields
1
Documentation
Curated

Diagnosis

What this notice means

Both feed_contact_email and feed_contact_url are empty.

Operational effect

Why it matters

People who find data problems have no listed way to reach the feed maintainer.

Scope

Files to check and report fields

Report fieldTypeMeaning
csvRowNumberintegerThe row number of the validated record.

Repair

How to fix it

  1. 1

    Confirm the public contact responsible for GTFS data.

  2. 2

    Add a working email address, a support-page URL, or both in feed_info.txt; use the data-maintenance contact where available.

  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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