Used by postal services to encode the name of the element.
Appears before the thoroughfare name. Ed. Spanish: Avenida Aurora, where Avenida is the leading type / French: Rue Moliere, where Rue is the leading type.
Area Code, Postcode, Delivery code as in NZ, etc
Appears after the thoroughfare name. Ed. British: Baker Lane, where Lane is the trailing type.
Starting number in the range
STS in GEORGE and ADELAIDE STS, RDS IN A and B RDS, etc. Use only when both the street types are the same
Postal or Political - Sometimes locations must be distinguished between postal system, and physical locations as defined by a political system
Appears before the thoroughfare name. Ed. Spanish: Avenida Aurora, where Avenida is the leading type / French: Rue Moliere, where Rue is the leading type.
"VIA" as in Hill Top VIA Parish where Parish is a locality and Hill Top is a dependent locality
221-bis Baker Street North, where North is the post-direction. The post-direction appears after the name.
Corner of Street1 AND Street 2 where AND is the Connector
Number of the dependent locality. Some areas are numbered. Eg. SECTOR 5 in a Suburb as in India or SOI SUKUMVIT 10 as in Thailand
"No." No.12-13
City or IndustrialEstate, etc
Dependent localities are Districts within cities/towns, locality divisions, postal
divisions of cities, suburbs, etc. DependentLocality is a recursive element, but no nesting deeper than two exists (Locality-DependentLocality-DependentLocality).
DependentThroughfare is related to a street; occurs in GB, IE, ES, PT
221-bis Baker Street North, where North is the post-direction. The post-direction appears after the name.
23-25 Archer St, where number appears before name
No.12-14 where "No." is before actual street number
North Baker Street, where North is the pre-direction. The direction appears before the name.
No. in Street No.12 or "#" in Street # 12, etc.
NEAR, ADJACENT TO, etc
PostalCode is the container element for either simple or complex (extended) postal codes. Type: Area Code, Postcode, etc.
Specification of a thoroughfare. A thoroughfare could be a rd, street, canal, river, etc. Note dependentlocality in a street. For example, in some countries, a large street will
have many subdivisions with numbers. Normally the subdivision name is the same as the road name, but with a number to identifiy it. Eg. SOI SUKUMVIT 3, SUKUMVIT RD, BANGKOK
Number of the Mail stop. eg. 123 in MS 123
Locality is one level lower than adminisstrative area. Eg.: cities, reservations and any other built-up areas.
Eg. Erode (Dist) where (Dist) is the Indicator
"-" in MS-123
Possible values not limited to: City, IndustrialEstate, etc
COMPLEXE in COMPLEX DES JARDINS, A building, station, etc
STREET, PREMISE, SUBPREMISE, PARK, FARM, etc
Corner of, Intersection of
Erode (Dist) where (Dist) is the Indicator
A post town is not the same as a locality. A post town can encompass a collection of (small) localities. It can also be a subpart of a locality. An actual post town in Norway is "Bergen".
"-" in 12-14 or "Thru" in 12 Thru 14 etc.
Thoroughfare number ranges are odd or even
DES, DE, LA, LA, DU in RUE DU BOIS. These terms connect a premise/thoroughfare type and premise/thoroughfare name. Terms may appear with names AVE DU BOIS
Appears after the thoroughfare name. Ed. British: Baker Lane, where Lane is the trailing type.
North Baker Street, where North is the pre-direction. The direction appears before the name.
A MailStop is where the the mail is delivered to within a premise/subpremise/firm or a facility.
No.12 where "No." is before actual street number
Specification of a single premise, for example a house or a building. The premise as a whole has a unique premise (house) number or a premise name. There could be more than
one premise in a street referenced in an address. For example a building address near a major shopping centre or raiwlay station
Eg. SECTOR occurs before 5 in SECTOR 5
Eg.: 23 Archer street or 25/15 Zero Avenue, etc
12 Archer Street is "Single" and 12-14 Archer Street is "Range"
GENERAL PO in MIAMI GENERAL PO
Name of the the Mail Stop. eg. MSP, MS, etc
Postal or Political - Sometimes locations must be distinguished between postal system, and physical locations as defined by a political system
A container to represent a range of numbers (from x thru y)for a thoroughfare. eg. 1-2 Albert Av
Does this thoroughfare have a a dependent thoroughfare? Corner of street X, etc