Address Verification

The following table lists all the possible AV output fields. The exact output for each set of data depends on the settings of the AV processor, the original address data, and the information available for the country.

Output field	Description
Address	The full address, matched/verified and correctly formatted for mailing in the relevant country.
CountryName	The full country name.
ISO3166-2	The ISO3166 two-character country code.
ISO3166-3	The ISO3166 three-character country code.
ISO3166-N	The ISO3166 three-digit numeric country code.
SuperAdministrativeArea	The largest geographic data element within a country.
AdministrativeArea	The most common geographic data element within a country; e.g. a US state or Canadian Province.
SubAdministrativeArea	The smallest geographic data element; e.g. a US county.
Locality	The most common population center data element in a country; e.g. a city or municipality.
DependentLocality	A smaller population center data element; e.g. a Turkish neighborhood.
DoubleDependentLocality	The smallest population center data element, depending on the contents of the Locality and DependentLocality fields; e.g. a UK village.
Thoroughfare	The most common street or block data element within a country; e.g. a street.
ThoroughfarePreDirection	The prefix direction contained within the Thoroughfare field. E.g. if Thoroughfare contains “N MAIN ST” ThoroughfarePreDirection will contain “N”.
ThoroughfareLeadingType	The leading thoroughfare type indicator within the Thoroughfare field. E.g. if Thoroughfare contains “RUE DE LA GARE” ThoroughfareLeadingType will contain “RUE”.
ThoroughfareName	The name indicator within the Thoroughfare field. E.g. if Thoroughfare contains “N MAIN ST” ThoroughfareName will contain “MAIN”.
ThoroughfareTrailingType	The trailing thoroughfare type indicator within the Thoroughfare field. E.g. if Thoroughfare contains “N MAIN ST” ThoroughfareTrailingType will contain “ST”.
ThoroughfarePostDirection	The postfix directional contained within the Thoroughfare field. E.g. if Thoroughfare contains “MAIN ST N” ThoroughfarePostDirection will contain “N”.
DependentThoroughfare	The dependent street or block data element within a country; e.g. UK Dependent Street.
DependentThoroughfarePreDirection	The prefix directional contained within the DependentThoroughfare field. E.g. if DependentThoroughfare contains “N MAIN ST” DependentThoroughfarePreDirection will contain “N”.
DependentThoroughfareLeadingType	The leading thoroughfare type indicator within the DependentThoroughfare field. E.g. if DependentThoroughfare contains “RUE DE LA GARE” DependentThoroughfareLeadingType will contain “RUE”.
DependentThoroughfareName	The name indicator within the DependentThoroughfare field. E.g. if DependentThoroughfare contains “N MAIN ST” DependentThoroughfareName will contain “MAIN”.
DependentThoroughfareTrailingType	The trailing thoroughfare type indicator within the DependentThoroughfare field. For instance, if DependentThoroughfare contains “N MAIN ST” DependentThoroughfareTrailingType will contain “ST”.
DependentThoroughfarePostDirection	The postfix directional contained within the DependentThoroughfare field. E.g. if DependentThoroughfare contains “MAIN ST N” DependentThoroughfarePostDirection will contain “N”.
Building	The descriptive name identifying an individual location.
BuildingLeadingType	The leading building type indicator within the Building field. E.g. if Building contains “BLOC C” BuildingLeadingType will contain “BLOC”.
BuildingName	The name indicator within the Building field. E.g. if Building contains “WESTMINSTER HOUSE" BuildingName will contain “WESTMINSTER”.
BuildingTrailingType	The trailing building type indicator within the Building field. E.g. if Building contains “WESTMINSTER HOUSE” BuildingTrailingType will contain “HOUSE”.
Premise	The alphanumeric code identifying an individual location.
PremiseType	The leading premise type indicator within the Premise field. E.g. if Premise contains “Plot 7/7A” PremiseType will contain “Plot”.
PremiseNumber	The alphanumeric indicator within the Premise field. For instance, if Premise contains “Plot 7/7A” PremiseNumber contains “7/7A”.
SubBuilding	The secondary identifiers for a particular delivery point, e.g. “FLAT 1” or “SUITE 212”.
SubBuildingType	The leading sub-building type indicator within the SubBuilding field. E.g. if SubBuilding contains “FLAT 1” SubBuildingType will contain “FLAT”.
SubBuildingNumber	The alphanumeric indicator within the SubBuilding field. E.g. if SubBuilding contains “FLAT 1” SubBuildingNumber will contain “1”.
SubBuildingName	The descriptive name within the SubBuilding field. E.g. if SubBuilding contains “BASEMENT FLAT” SubBuildingName will contain “BASEMENT FLAT”.
PostalCode	The complete postal code for a particular delivery point.
PostalCodePrimary	The primary postal code used for a particular country; e.g. USA Zip, Canadian Postcode or Indian PINcode.
PostalCodeSecondary	Secondary postal code information; e.g., USA Zip Plus 4.
Organization	The business name associated with a particular delivery point.
OrganizationName	The name indicator within the Organization field. E.g. if Organization contains ‘Loqate Inc” OrganizationName will contain “Loqate”, if a sufficient level of parsing detail exists for the country.
OrganizationType	The trailing type indicator contained within the Organization field. E.g. if Organization contains “Loqate Inc” OrganizationType will contain “Inc”, if a sufficient level of parsing detail exists for the country.
PostBox	The post box for a particular delivery point, should one exist.
PostBoxType	The type indicator contained within the PostBox field. E.g. if PostBox contains “PO BOX 1234” PostBoxType will contain “PO BOX”, if a sufficient level of parsing detail exists for the country.
PostBoxNumber	The alphanumeric indicator within the PostBox field. E.g. if PostBox contains “PO BOX 1234” PostBoxNumber will contain “1234”, if a sufficient level of parsing detail exists for the country.

This code consists of the following components:

1. Verification status - The level of verification.
• V: Verified - A complete match was made between the input data and a single record from the available reference data.
• P: Partially verified - A partial match was made between the input data and a single record from the available reference data.
• U: Unverified - Unable to verify. The output fields will contain the input data.
• A: Ambiguous - More than one close reference data match.
• C: Conflict - More than one close reference data match with conflicting values.
• R: Reverted - Record could not be verified to the specified minimum acceptable level. The output fields will contain the input data.
2. Post-processed verification match level - The extent to which the input data matches the available reference data following the verification process.
• 5: Delivery Point (PostBox or SubBuilding).
• 4: Premise (Premise or Building).
• 3: Thoroughfare.
• 2: Locality.
• 1: Administrative Area.
• 0: None.
3. Pre-processed verification match level - The extent to which the input data matches the available reference data prior to the verification process.
• 5: Delivery Point (PostBox or SubBuilding).
• 4: Premise (Premise or Building).
• 3: Thoroughfare.
• 2: Locality.
• 1: Administrative Area.
• 0: None.
4. Parsing status - Whether it has been possible to parse all the data.
• I: Identified and Parsed - Input data has been able to be identified and placed into components.
• U: Unable to parse - Not all input data has been able to be identified and parsed.
5. Lexicon identification match level - The level to which the input data has a recognized form through pattern and lexicon matching.
• 5: Delivery Point (PostBox or SubBuilding).
• 4: Premise (Premise or Building).
• 3: Thoroughfare.
• 2: Locality.
• 1: Administrative Area.
• 0: None.
6. Context identification match level - The context identification match level gives the level to which the input data can be recognized based on the context in which it appears.
• 5: Delivery Point (PostBox or SubBuilding).
• 4: Premise (Premise or Building).
• 3: Thoroughfare.
• 2: Locality.
• 1: Administrative Area.
• 0: None.
7. Postcode status - The extent to which the postcode has been verified.
• P8: PostalCodePrimary and PostalCodeSecondary verified.
• P7: PostalCodePrimary verified, PostalCodeSecondary added or changed.
• P6: PostalCodePrimary verified.
• P5: PostalCodePrimary verified with small change.
• P4: PostalCodePrimary verified with large change.
• P3: PostalCodePrimary added.
• P2: PostalCodePrimary identified by lexicon.
• P1: PostalCodePrimary identified by context.
• P0: PostalCodePrimary empty.
8. Matchscore - The similarity between the input data and closest reference data match as a percentage between 0 (no match) and 100 (perfect match).