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| Metadata | Value |
|---|---|
| Data Element |
Internet Email Address |
| Is Part Of | |
| Has Parts | |
| Version | 1.2 |
| Status | Release |
| Previous Versions | 1.1 |
| Date Agreed | 3 December 2009 |
| Name |
Internet Email Address |
| Description | The string of characters that identifies an addressee's post box on the Internet. |
| Business Format | 255 characters |
| Element Type | Data Type |
| XML Schema |
View whole schema document Common Simple Types as XML
View definition EmailAddressType as HTML
View definition EmailStructure as HTML
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| Validation |
From IETF RFC2822: An email address is a specific Internet identifier that contains a locally interpreted string followed by the at-sign character ("@", ASCII value 64) followed by an Internet domain. The locally interpreted string is either a quoted-string or a dot-atom. Comments and enfolding white space SHOULD NOT be used around the "@" in the email address. (i.e. no space characters either side of the @ character)The domain portion identifies the point to which the mail is delivered. The local-part portion is a domain dependent string. In addresses, it is simply interpreted on the particular host as a name of a particular mailbox.
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| Owner | CTO Council |
| Based On | IETF RFC2822 |
| Verification | |
| Comment |
It has been observed that a number of email service and application providers are not compliant with IETF RFC2822 particularly in the acceptance of all special characters in the email address string prior to the @Domain Name e.g. ~!"@#$%&'\(\)\*\+,\-/:;<=>\?\[\\\]_\{\}\^£€ Whilst it is the intention to move to being fully compliant with IETF RFC2822, until that time users with email addresses using special characters may experience validation issues. |