Contact-info telephone doesn't accept symbols (+)

[emmajclegg]

IATI Publisher's data entry form and bulk import currently give an error if a user formats their telephone number with a "+" sign.

The contact-info telephone sub-element has no restrictions on symbols. The IATI schema accepts any string in this field.

Can we:

• Relax the data validation logic in the data entry form to accept strings with white space or the following symbols: + ( ) -
• Apply the same change to data validation checks when importing activity data (if applicable)

[emmajclegg]

(I'm de-prioritising this to the backlog as there are workarounds for importing publisher data with affected contact telephone numbers)

[BibhaT]

Well noted Emma!

[emmajclegg]

Following discussion this morning on what to allow in the contact telephone field, I suggest allowing spaces and the following symbols: + ( ) -

This is based on a quick analysis of existing IATI data and is a balance between making the field more flexible for data imports, while preventing nonsense entries.

I have updated the issue description accordingly. Any questions, let me know!