An address component which represents the identification of a subdivision of addresses and postal delivery points in a country, region or city for postal purposes.
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NOTE 1 The postal descriptor is specified by means of a post code and/or names of the associated post office, town or area.
NOTE 2 In some countries post codes are seen as a proper geographic subdivision of the country, in other countries the post code is regarded only as an attribute that characterizes a (usually small) number of adjacent postal delivery points and addresses.
NOTE 3 The postal descriptors are created and developed on the basis of postal requirements (e.g. efficient sorting, logistics, transport and distribution). Consequently, there is not often a tight relationship between the postal areas and administrative units in the same area.
NOTE 4 The structure schema and formats of national postal descriptor systems are different. Sometimes (for example in the UK) the post code itself is the only information required for a valid address; in other situations both the post code and the associated name of post office or town is required. Sometimes there is a simple relationship between the code and the name; in other situations a set of postcodes are associated with a single post office or town.
NOTE 5 In some countries like e.g. The Republic of Ireland, no post code system currently exists, therefore the postal descriptor is only represented by the name of the post town.
EXAMPLE 1 In the UK the post code "EC4M 7DR" is sufficient, as a postal descriptor, while the related town name "London" is informative, but not necessary in the postal address.
EXAMPLE 2 In Sweden all postcodes starting with "80" is related to the postal name "Gävle". Therefore in the postal descriptor "802 74 Gävle", the postcode "802 74" bears all postal necessary information, while the town name "Gävle" is extra information.
EXAMPLE 3 In Denmark, outside the centre of Copenhagen, each postcode has a 1:1 relationship to one post name only: Postcode "6372" relates to the village "Bylderup-Bov".
EXAMPLE 4 In Germany the lowest level of the Postal descriptor (the 5 digit Postleitzahl) often does not fall within an administrative unit (e.g. municipality). The Postleitzahl is handled completely independent from the hierarchal systematic of the addresses. In addition, some "Postleitzahlen" represent not a delivery area, but institutions with a big amount of post.
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Type |
Lengde |
Multiplisitet |
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GeographicalName |
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0..* |
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CharacterString |
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0..1 |
| Name |
Type |
English |
Description |
| postName |
GeographicalName |
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One or more names created and maintained for postal purposes to identify a subdivision of addresses and postal delivery points.
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NOTE 1 Often the post name (or names) is a supplementary identification of the post office to which the associated post code belongs. For example it may be the name of the town in which the office is situated. In other situations the post name could be an independent descriptor without any post code or it could be a postal subdivision connected to a parent postal descriptor (post code and post name).
NOTE 2 In some countries like e.g. Spain and The Netherlands, no post names exit therefore the postal descriptor is only represented by the post code.
NOTE 3 Even though the post name is the same as the name of an administrative unit or an address area, the area covered are not necessarilythe same. |
| postCode |
CharacterString |
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A code created and maintained for postal purposes to identify a subdivision of addresses and postal delivery points.
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NOTE 1 The structure, schema and formats of post codes are different in different countries. Often the components of the post code are hierarchical, e.g. when the first character(s) identifies the region covered by the post code and the next characters define the subdivision.
NOTE 2 In some countries, e.g., The Republic of Ireland, no post codes exists therefore the postal descriptor is only represented by the post name (e.g. town name).
EXAMPLE In the UK postcodes starting with W covers the Western (W1) and Paddington (W2-14) districts of the London postal district. In Sweden all postcodes starting with "80" is related to the postal name "Gävle". |
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Beskrivelse |
| PostCodeEmpty |
/* If no post code exists, a post name is required. */
inv: self.postCode->isEmpty() implies self.postName->notEmpty() |
| PostNameEmpty |
/* If no post name exists, a post code is required. */
inv: self.postName->isEmpty() implies self.postCode->notEmpty() |
