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Note: There are cases where a tournament doesn’t fit the usual definition but can still be represented by a Tournament entity in TODS. Some examples:
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2. Tournament Schema
To see a graphical representation of the data model (schema) for the Tournament entity please expand the link below:
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3. Creating a Tournament
The minimum information required to create a Tournament entity is an ID and a name.
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This is a valid Tournament but not very useful for your clients so you will probably wait until you have some more information about the Tournament - for example the start date - before creating a TODS message.
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4. Tournament Id
In TournamentId you must supply your unique identifier for the tournament.
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| When you’re exchanging information with a client or supplier it is very likely that you both have an id for the Tournament. To make exchange easier TODS allows for any number of additional ids to be included with Tournament. See ‘How to include multiple identifiers’ for more information. |
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5. Tournament Names
TODS allows for different names for a Tournament to be provided so that clients can use the best one for their situations.
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• PromotionalName: this is for a media-friendly name that is used to promote the tournament, for example ‘Wimbledon 2019’
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6. Adding more information
Once the minimum information has been supplied you can add additional information if it is available or as it becomes available.
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TODS defines a set of standard attributes that are widely used within tennis. If you need to supply some extra information that doesn’t fit one of the standard attributes you can use an extension. See ‘How to included additional information using extensions’ for more information. |
Related Information
- Introduction to the Person
- Introduction to Rankings
- Introduction to the Tournament
- Introduction to Participants
- Introduction to the Event
- Introduction to the Stage
- Introduction to the Draw
- Introduction to the Match
- Introduction to Ties
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