All caps that are over one year old since their publication and have been collected by at least 21 users will be moved to the Non-Validatable section; when they reach 22 users who have marked them, they will move to the corresponding section. The same treatment will be given to caps uploaded to the website that are over one year old.
Exceptions will be made for regional caps, caps already in specific groups, and old caps considered difficult and dated before the year 2000.
ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS
Associations, foundations, and sports clubs or those dedicated to other activities.
COMPANIES
Companies in general: Shops, wineries, cellars, butcher shops, perfumeries, supermarkets, etc., except those classified under catering.
CELEBRATIONS, COMMEMORATIVES, FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
Issued on the occasion of celebrations, commemorations, fairs, and festivals.
UNCATALOGUED
– Can be marked.
Caps of undefined origin. Glass and/or tin caps with manufacturer or maker’s mark.
OFFICIAL
Caps issued by official bodies, whether national, regional, or local, but which can be found in considerable quantity in these organizations. This includes Incavi, the Confraternity of Cava, and the Cava Regulatory Council caps.
CATERING
Bars, cafes, restaurants, hotels, and similar establishments.
Due to the proliferation of Catering Caps in recent months, with a very high percentage lacking permission from the restaurant and only receiving a user note stating “this cap does not have the restaurant owner’s permission” (which is considered insufficient), from now on a Catering cap will be moved to Non-Validatable status when the owner sends a claim to xapes.net proving ownership and requesting the change.
SERIES
Includes Tarragona Shields and RBA caps. The latter, if bottled for normal sale before or after their release, will be cataloged under the corresponding category but with information in “others” noting that identical RBA caps exist. These will not be deleted to maintain a complete edition for better information. Due to the proliferation of caps with the same logo and text differing only in print color, editions of three or more caps released in the same year will be reclassified into new series sections.
MEETING SERIES
Series of three or more meeting caps made from the same mold or cliché will be classified in this section.
SPECULATION
Caps issued with supposed intent to speculate.
MEETINGS
Subcatalogued by year. Meeting caps without the year indicated on the cap itself will be included in the subcatalog “meetings” without a year, even if the year is known. Exempt are series of caps (two or more) that form the word “meeting” or “meeting year,” provided these caps refer to and were issued for the same theme, meeting, and day of celebration. Caps issued up to the year 2000 bearing the words “Exhibition,” “Festival,” “Gathering,” or “Fair” and known to correspond to Meetings will be placed under Meeting Caps. If the year is specified, they will be placed accordingly; if not, in the generic Meetings section. This placement will also be respected if the events continue after that year. Meeting caps or other groups bearing a personal name, user nickname, or printed photo will be placed in the celebrations section.
GROUPS
All caps mentioning a group and recognized as belonging to it will be placed in this section, which will take precedence even if the cap might also refer to meetings, celebrations, etc.
To create a group, a minimum of 100 caps is required.
- ACP Baga Associates Group
- Share a Glass with... Group
- The 15 Group
- K no farte de na!!! Group
- Shoe and Espadrille Group
- Caviar Sibarites Group
- Terra Catalana cava Group
- Terra Catalana Josep Dinou Group
- We Share the Same Hobbies Group
- Iplack Group
- The Slice Group
- Penya Barcelonista Collectors of Cava Caps Group
- Cris’s Caps Group
- Iplack Personalized Caps Group
- RBA Collection 2004-2005 Group
- RBA Collection 2005-2006 Group
- Serie 720 papellones Group
- Diari Tarragona Series Group
- MB Cava Group
- Penya Gironina Group
- Cat Shield Group
- Patches Collection Group
- Pin Up Group
- Button Caps Group
- Discocat Group
- Josep and Lourdes Birthday Party Group
- Catalan Towns Group
- Generic Caps Group
- Pellofa Group
- Aragon Comarca Towns Group
- Herge Group
- Giants Collection Group
- Magnets (PGAI) Group
- Papas Collection Group
- Mataró Giants Group
EXCLUDED CAPS
All caps that, despite being issued, have not yet reached the market will be removed from pending validation.
Caps with ERRORS
Accepted only if due to a lithographic error and have not been correctly reissued. Caps made for a specific date displayed on the cap that for “honest” reasons did not come to market when scheduled will be included on the website if used for another date and meeting.
NON-VALIDATABLE
– Can be marked.
Caps that cannot be catalogued in any of the above sections. For example, glass caps, those containing errors, test caps, etc.
– Glass Caps.
– Tin Caps.
– Cast Caps.
– Wooden Caps.
– “Button” Caps (cast caps with glued paper).
– Caps with errors that have been reissued (the mistaken one moves to this section).
– Test Caps. Also considered test caps are those not collected by a significant number of users after a reasonable time.
– Hand-made and hand-painted caps.
– Caps unfinished in the manufacturing process.
– Caps without the consent of event organizers or without the consent of the brand owner, slogan, campaign, etc.