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Data Element

UK Postal Address

Is Part Of
Has Parts  
Version 1.2
Status Release
Date Agreed 22 June 2003
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 SAF 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 CTO Council
Based On BS7372:1993
Verification  
Comment
  • Change of name from previous version called 'Simple Address' BS7666 is the preferred SAF standard but this has been included for legacy systems.