# February 1 2018: Minor bug fixes to 360Giving standard

**URL:** <https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/t/february-1-2018-minor-bug-fixes-to-360giving-standard/50>\
**Category:** Standard\
**Created:** [20 October 2017 15:30 UTC](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/t/february-1-2018-minor-bug-fixes-to-360giving-standard/50 "2017-10-20T15:30:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobHarper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.threesixtygiving.org/bobharper/32/36_2.png) [@BobHarper](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/u/BobHarper)\
**Post date:** [20 October 2017 15:30 UTC](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/t/february-1-2018-minor-bug-fixes-to-360giving-standard/50/1 "2017-10-20T15:30:28Z")

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We’re proposing a couple of minor bug fixes to the schema:

- Changing the title ‘Last modified’ to ‘Last Modified’ where it appears in the schema ([https://github.com/ThreeSixtyGiving/standard/issues/63](https://github.com/ThreeSixtyGiving/standard/issues/63))
- Changing `location.latitude` and `location.longtitude` field types from `string` to `number` ([https://github.com/ThreeSixtyGiving/standard/issues/185](https://github.com/ThreeSixtyGiving/standard/issues/185))

These changes are staged in a branch on Github [https://github.com/ThreeSixtyGiving/standard/pull/221](https://github.com/ThreeSixtyGiving/standard/pull/221)

The changes should have limited impact:

- Titles are treated as case insensitive in flattentool (which transforms 360Giving Standard spreadsheets to JSON) so the validity of fields using ‘Last modified’ in their title won’t be affected.
- Latitude and longitude are commonly used in valid number formats in most use cases, e.g. ‘-5.123123’ or ‘45.6167’, and we haven’t found any cases of publishers using a different format for coordinates.

A preview of the documentation (the changes in it are _very_ minor) is on [http://standard.threesixtygiving.org/en/autumn-2017-bugfix/](http://standard.threesixtygiving.org/en/autumn-2017-bugfix/)

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**Author:** ![BobHarper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.threesixtygiving.org/bobharper/32/36_2.png) [@BobHarper](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/u/BobHarper)\
**Post date:** [27 October 2017 09:01 UTC](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/t/february-1-2018-minor-bug-fixes-to-360giving-standard/50/2 "2017-10-27T09:01:04Z")

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A development branch of the CoVE tool here [http://branch-360-autumn-2017-bugfix.cove-360-dev.default.threesixtygiving.uk0.bigv.io/](http://branch-360-autumn-2017-bugfix.cove-360-dev.default.threesixtygiving.uk0.bigv.io/) will allow publishers to check their datasets against these proposed changes (note: don’t rely on this for regular publishing, always use [https://dataquality.threesixtygiving.org/](https://dataquality.threesixtygiving.org/))

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**Author:** ![BobHarper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.threesixtygiving.org/bobharper/32/36_2.png) [@BobHarper](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/u/BobHarper)\
**Post date:** [24 January 2018 13:04 UTC](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/t/february-1-2018-minor-bug-fixes-to-360giving-standard/50/3 "2018-01-24T13:04:09Z")

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We will apply the changes to the Standard and the Schema on 1 February 2018.

The changes will be reflected in the [Data Quality Tool](https://dataquality.threesixtygiving.org/), in the [Standard Documentation](http://standard.threesixtygiving.org/en/latest/), and in the [Schema](https://github.com/ThreeSixtyGiving/standard/blob/master/schema/360-giving-schema.json), on and from that date.

These are minor changes, and the majority of publishers won’t be affected. The main change that you would need to be aware of is that `latitude` and `longitude` values (e.g. `beneficiaryLocation.latitude`, `recipientOrgansiation.location.longitude`) must be **numbers** (positive or negative, with or without decimals, e.g. `-0.45` or `20` or `51.15345`) in order to meet the Standard and schema validation.

For nearly all published data this is currently the situation. If further support is required, please contact [support@threesixtygiving.org](mailto:support@threesixtygiving.org)

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**Author:** ![BobHarper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.threesixtygiving.org/bobharper/32/36_2.png) [@BobHarper](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/u/BobHarper)\
**Post date:** [1 February 2018 09:42 UTC](https://forum.threesixtygiving.org/t/february-1-2018-minor-bug-fixes-to-360giving-standard/50/4 "2018-02-01T09:42:52Z")

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The change has now been made.
