Address standards in the review

ISO 19112:2003, Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers
Referenced as ISO 19112
Publisher ISO/TC 211
Publication Date 2003
Level International
Justification International standard for spatial reference systems using geographic identifiers, such as gazetteers.

 

ISO/TS 15000-5:2005, Electronic Business Extensible Markup Language (ebXML) - Part 5: ebXML Core Components Technical Specification, Version 2.01 (ebCCTS)

Referenced as ISO/TS 15000-5
Publisher ISO/TC 154
Publication Date 2005
Level International
Justification International standard for terminology and core components in electronic business and administration. Includes, for example, a number of different address profiles, each specifying a number of address related fields that should be used together on a form such as an invoice.

 

OASIS CIQ v3.0 Approved Committee Specifications CS02
Referenced as OASIS CIQ
Publisher OASIS
Publication Date 2008
Level International
Justification International address standard, especially interesting for its XML schema.

 

UPU S42, International postal address components and templates
Referenced as UPU S42
Publisher Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Publication Date 2006
Level International
Justification International address standard with specific focus on postal mail. A number of countries have already submitted postal address templates that specify how an address should be written on a mail piece.

NOTE     The European equivalent of UPU S42a is CEN/TS 14142-1:2010, Postal Services - Address databases - Part 1: Components of postal addresses, and the equivalend of UPU S42b is CEN/TR 14142-2:2010, Postal Services - Address databases - Part 2: Element mapping conventions, template design considerations, address templates and rendition instructions.

 

UPU S53, Exchange of Name and Address Data
Referenced as UPU S53
Publisher Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Publication Date 2009
Level International
Justification International address standard with specific focus on postal mail. For the review, UPU S42 and UPU S53 are considered together.

 

AS/NZS 4819:2003, Geographic information – rural and urban addressing
Referenced as AS/NZS 4819
Publisher Standards Australia and Council of Standards New Zealand
Publication Date 2003
Level Regional (Australia and New Zealand)
Justification

Regional address standard, especially interesting for its rural addressing scheme.

NOTE   At the time of writing, AS/NZS 4819:2003 was undergoing a major revision.

 

INSPIRE D2.8.I.5 Data Specification on Addresses –Guidelines
Referenced as INSPIRE Address
Publisher INSPIRE TWG Addresses
Publication Date 2010
Level Regional (Europe)
Justification Regional address standard that specifies how public authorities of EU member states must make their address data available in order to obtain interoperability within the EU. It is therefore expected to have a significant impact as a data exchange standard within the EU.

 

AFNOR XP Z10-011, Specifications postales – Adresse postale
Referenced as AFNOR XP Z10-011
Publisher AFNOR
Publication Date 1997
Level National (France)
Justification National postal address standard from a developed country.

 

AS 4590:2006, Interchange of client information
Referenced as AS 4590
Publisher Standards Australia
Publication Date 2006
Level National (Australia)
Justification As 4590 is an important component of Australia's National Address Management Framework.

 

BS 7666-0:2006, Spatial datasets for geographical referencing - Part 0: General model for gazetteers and spatial referencing
Referenced as BS 7666
Publisher British Standards Institute (BSI)
Publication Date 2006
Level National (UK)
Justification National address standard from a developed country, based on ISO 19112 above.

 

SANS 1883-1, Geographic information – Address, Part 1: Data format of addresses
Referenced as SANS 1883-1
Publisher South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
Publication Date 2009
Level National (South Africa)
Justification National address standard from a developing country with a wide variety of address types, including free text address types for informal settlements and rural areas.

 

SANS 1883-3, Geographic information – Address, Part 3: Guidelines for address allocation and updates
Referenced as SANS 1883-3
Publisher South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
Publication Date 2009
Level National (South Africa)
Justification Guidelines accompanying SANS 1883-1. For the review, SANS 1883-1 and SANS 1883-3 are considered together.

 

Draft U.S. Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard
Referenced as US FGDC Address
Publisher United States Federal Geographic Data Committee (US FGDC)
Publication Date 2010 (expected)
Level National (US)
Justification National address standard from a developed country with a wide variety of address types and a separate part for address data quality.