WaterOneFlow: ServCode and SiteCode data format

grooves[CodePlex]
While working with data downloaded using HydroDesktop/HydroServer, I have realized that the two unique keys, that is ServCode (Service Code) and SiteCode(Station Code) have varying length names. For example, while searching for temperature time-series
data, I get NWISU data(s) available in stations with name quotNWISUV:432730110474601quot, quotNWISUV:13013650quot, etc. The station code and the service code are important unique differentiators that play critical role in data analysis in any RDBMS
environment.
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Is it not possible for us to standardized the naming of these two categories? Also, the names should use only alpha-numeric characters(max 10) thus making them unique, easy to manipulate and they can save the users lot of disk-space.
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This is important at this stage itself because as we add new stations/services (more HydroServers) to the catalog, the data crunching will only get more complex and it would be difficult to follow any kind of standards later.
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Thanks.