Re: Using the core location vocabulary to query national address data

• From: Gannon Dick <gannon_dick@yahoo.com>
• Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:35:44 -0700 (PDT)
• To: "public-locadd@w3.org" <public-locadd@w3.org>, Frans Knibbe | Geodan <frans.knibbe@geodan.nl>
• Message-ID: <1401910544.90476.YahooMailBasic@web122901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

2) The order of location designators. This issue was already discussed in a previous thread, but perhaps it helps to have some real data to play around with. The second query above returns addresses with multiple locatorDesignators. For example, "12" and "B". The order is important, 12B is the right order. But how can an agent that only knows about LOCN know the right order? Is a change to LOCN needed ? Or are there other ways to solve this problem?


Hi Frans,

Please pardon my dinosaur footprints :-)  

US Customs uses a "Manufacturer ID" address shortening procedure. http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/3550-055_3.pdf

I imagine The Kingdom of the Netherlands has something similar

These old procedures may be worth a look because they were developed in collaboration with industry back before personal privacy was an issue.  The confidentiality of business information was the only concern.
--Gannon

Received on Wednesday, 4 June 2014 19:39:02 UTC