Towards an international address standard (English) - ISO/TC 211
Towards an international address standard (English) - ISO/TC 211
Towards an international address standard (English) - ISO/TC 211
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Table 10: Universal Postal Union (UPU)<br />
St<strong>an</strong>dards<br />
Generating Body<br />
Technical<br />
Committee<br />
Universal Postal Union (UPU)<br />
POST*Code Project Team<br />
Number<br />
Name<br />
Structure<br />
Status 1<br />
UPU S42<br />
First started Before 2002<br />
Published 2006<br />
Distribution<br />
Purpose<br />
Address definition<br />
Supporting<br />
material<br />
International postal <strong>address</strong> components <strong>an</strong>d templates<br />
Part A: Conceptual hierarchy <strong>an</strong>d template l<strong>an</strong>guages<br />
Part B: Element mapping conventions, template design considerations, <strong>address</strong><br />
templates <strong>an</strong>d rendition instructions<br />
Universal Postal Union – International Programme, St<strong>an</strong>dards Programme, 3000<br />
Berne 15, Switzerl<strong>an</strong>d. Tel: +42 31 350 3111, Fax: +42 31 350 3110, e-mail:<br />
st<strong>an</strong>dards@upu.net<br />
To provide a dictionary of the possible components of postal <strong>address</strong>es together<br />
with examples of <strong>an</strong>d constraints on their use.<br />
Set of information which, for a postal item, allows the unambiguous determination of<br />
<strong>an</strong> actual or potential delivery point, usually combined with the specification of <strong>an</strong><br />
<strong>address</strong>ee <strong>an</strong>d/or a mailee.<br />
None found<br />
3.3 Discussion on these st<strong>an</strong>dards<br />
Table 11 below provides a summary overview of some of the features of the<br />
national <strong>an</strong>d <strong>international</strong> <strong>address</strong> st<strong>an</strong>dards presented in the previous two sections.<br />
Table 11: Overview of issues <strong>address</strong>ed in the <strong>address</strong> st<strong>an</strong>dards<br />
AS/NZ DK SA UK US<br />
<strong>ISO</strong><br />
11180<br />
<strong>ISO</strong><br />
19112<br />
<strong>ISO</strong><br />
19133<br />
OASIS<br />
Geo-referencing<br />
with coordinates Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes3 Yes Yes No<br />
Postal<br />
<strong>address</strong>es<br />
Non-postal<br />
<strong>address</strong>es<br />
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes<br />
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No<br />
Data model No 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes 4 No Yes Yes Yes Yes<br />
Data model<br />
format<br />
Encoding<br />
formats<br />
n/a<br />
UML<br />
EBNF<br />
ERD<br />
UML<br />
n/a XML CSV<br />
XML<br />
UPU<br />
UML XSD n/a UML UML XSD Custom<br />
CSV<br />
XML<br />
XML No Yes 3 Yes 3 XML XML<br />
Metadata Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 3 Yes 3 No No<br />
Data quality No No No Yes 2 Yes No Yes 3 Yes 3 No No<br />
1 The st<strong>an</strong>dard does not include a data model but the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying &<br />
Mapping (ICSM) have developed a Harmonized Data Model that includes a Street Address <strong>an</strong>d is<br />
a v a i l a b l e a t<br />
https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/subversion/xmml/ANZLIC_ICSM/HarmonisedDataModel/trunk/Documentati<br />
on/index.htm
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