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Draft ADIS Version 08-1: Request for Comments

About ADIS and ADIS 08-1

The IDEAlliance ADIS Working Group aims to define a uniform specification for the domestic and international interchange of address data. It is based on storing the parts of an address, or address elements, and then combining them together using standardized templates to create output formats, or renditions, for particular mailpieces. It includes data about the addresses, such as whether they are complete or missing particular elements that affect address quality, and in general, any mail production variables that may appear on a mailpiece.

Included in ADIS 08-1 are the following features:

• Support for the USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB)™
• Support for Mail.dat XML PDR Option
• Advanced Address Quality Using Secure Hash Algorithms
• Mail Validation in the Context of USPS Seamless Acceptance™
• Supports UPU S42 Standard “International Postal Address Components and Templates”
• Simpler File Generation and Reduced Footprint

ADIS 08-1 is published in an XML format designed for for collecting and transmitting postal name and address data. The XML format is defined in ADIS 08-1 as a set of W3C XML Schemas, with full format and compact format options for name and address data. There is also a partial flat file design presented as documentation. ADIS 08-1 supports optional binary or delimited blocks of data to allow for efficient transmission of large data sets. ADIS 08-1 shares 24 common fields with IDEAlliance’s Mail.dat standard and can be used in conjunction with Mail.dat for communicating piece oriented data.

ADIS 08-1 Downloads

ADIS 08-1 is made up of a number of files, combined into an XML package and a documentation package.

• ADIS 08-1 XML Package (four .xsd schemas and seven sample files)
• ADIS 08-1 Documentation Package (fact sheet, report on issues and resolutions, overall flow chart and all other .doc files)

ADIS 08-1 Comments

ADIS 08-1 is now available for public comment. The public comment period for ADIS 08-1 extends until January 28, 2008. Please send comments to lubenow@msn.com or to dsteinhardt@idealliance.org.

ADIS 07-1 Downloads

ADIS 08-1 is made up of a number of files, combined into an XML package and a documentation package.

• ADIS 07-1 XML Package (four .xsd schemas and seven sample files)
• ADIS 07-1 Documentation Package (fact sheet, report on issues and resolutions, overall flow chart and all other .doc files)

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