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Why wasnt any use made of the “UK Infodisc” CD-ROM as a source of information for the UK part of this address database?

April 26, 2017address CD-ROM database source UK

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Why wasnt any use made of the “UK Infodisc” CD-ROM as a source of information for the UK part of this address database?

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Infodisc was in fact used to help compile the address database, but only as a finding aid and not as a primary source. Since a sample check of the data available on Infodisc was found to have an error rate exceeding 35%, it was thought to be far too unreliable as a source.