Uses for the JBL Registry?
For awhile now the JBL registry has been growing on two fronts: the Serial Number Registry Thread, and Hofmannhp's JBL Registry Database.
We'd like to open up a discussion about how the JBL Registry data might be put to productive use. If we can decide what purposes the registry might best be put to it will help focus our data gathering and organizing efforts.
It may take some time before there is enough data to make the registry effective for some jobs, but having agreed upon goals should insure that it will be useful as soon as possible.
My initial goal in starting the Serial Number Registry thread was to accumulate enough raw data to reliably associate serial numbers with manufacturing dates. I was able to gather enough info to decifer the early date-code numbering system (or at least form a good working hypothesis)
Hofmannhp has built and maintained the JBL Registry Database which has been able not only to date components by serial number, but also establish a sort of "pedigree" of ownership as JBL speakers change hands. Like going to public records to trace the ownership of land as it is deeded from one owner to the next, it has been helpful in determining if ebay sales are valid or suspicious.
How else could we use the registry?:hmm:
What information should be restricetd?
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Originally Posted by
hjames
I don't want too specific info available to the general public in any real open fashion. Its the crow syndrome - there's just too many folks who have eyes for shiny things ...
I think you have a genuine concern Heather.
I have JBL's from 50 to 30 years old with no idea where those speakers have been 99 percent of that time. (I'm going to start another thread about that which will likely make everyone paranoid).
So , acknowledgeing the concern about murky ownership history, let's talk about what information to restrict and how to restrict it.
Currrently the information about who owns a particular system and where it is located is not made public from the registry even if that information was revealed on a public source (ebay, craigs list or this forum).
Maybe we should formalize those restrictions:
1. No Names, the current owner of an item in the registry will never be disclosed.
2. No Locations, current location of an item or it's owner will not be revealed.
Access is personally controlled by HP and he has been very comendably cautious in handling his Database as we can expect him to be in the future.
What other restrictions are needed to allow folks to have more confidence that Registry information will not be abused?