GDSC - UK Postal Address

Metadata	Value
Data Element	UK Postal Address
Is Part Of	Address
Has Parts
Version	1.3a
Status	Draft
Previous Versions	Version: 1.1 Status: Release Version: 1.2 Status: Release
Later Versions
Date Agreed	14 February 2005

Name	UK Postal Address
Description	The address of a postal delivery point. This is usually a building and usually comprises a name/number, street, town and county/state/province and sometimes country. This is not the preferred e-GIF standard.
Business Format	Max. 35 chars per address line. Minimum 2 lines, no maximum although a de facto standard exists for 5 lines for presentation purposes.
Element Type	Data Type
XML Schema	View whole schema document Address Details as XML View definition UKPostalAddressStructure as HTML
Validation
Value
DefaultValue
Owner	DTG
Based On	BS7372:1993
Verification
Comment	Change of name from previous version called 'Simple Address'. BS7666 is the preferred e-GIF standard but this standard has been included to recognise the fact that a number of government departments' address requirements are based around being able to write a postal address instead of using a geo-spatial variety. This can be met through the use of a more simple postal address government data standard.

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