This is a list of attributes used in STREET lines of patterns:
Attribute |
Code |
Abbr |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
APARTMENT |
107 |
APT |
Apartment, Room.
Example (US): 25 Main Street Apt 2 where "Apt" is the APARTMENT Billerica, MA 01821 |
APARTMENT-NUM |
124 |
APT-NUM |
The value found after the APARTMENT attribute.
Example (US): 25 Main Street Apt 2 where "2" is the APARTMENT-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 |
BOX |
103 |
–– |
A secondary box descriptor, as opposed to PO BOX.
Example (US): RR 1 Box 4 where "Box" is the BOX Billerica, MA 01821 |
BOX-NUM |
120 |
–– |
The value found after the Box attribute.
Example (US): RR 1 Box 4 where "4" is the BOX-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 |
COMPLEX-NAME |
118 |
CPLX-NM |
Building, House, or Industrial Park name.
Example (US): Concord Road Technology Park where "Concord Road" is the COMPLEX-NAME 300 Concord Rd Billerica, MA 01821
Example (GB): Rose Cottage where "ROSE" is the COMPLEX-NAME 653 Wells Road Bristol BS14 9BE |
COMPLEX-TYPE |
117 |
CPLX-TYPE |
Descriptor for the Complex-Name, such as House, Condos, Industrial Park.
Example (US): Concord Road Technology Park where "Technology Park" is the COMPLEX-TYPE 300 Concord Rd Billerica, MA 01821
Example (GB): Rose Cottage where "Cottage" is the COMPLEX-TYPE 653 Wells Road Bristol BS14 9BE |
CONCATENEE |
179 |
CON |
Part of a street phrase. (For example, the "of the" in Avenue of the Americas in a street.) |
DEPARTMENT |
111 |
DEPT |
Department name.
US example: Dept 35 where "Dept" is the DEPARTMENT |
DEPARTMENT-NUM |
128 |
DEPT-NUM |
Usually the value after the DEPARTMENT attribute.
Example (US): Dept 35 where "35" is the DEPARTMENT-NUM |
DIRECTION |
101 |
DIR |
Street direction such as North or Northwest.
Example (US): 123 West Haven Road where "West" is the DIRECTION Manchester NH 03104 |
DIRECTION2 | 500 | DIR2 | Street direction, such as North, Northwest or NW. |
DIRECTION-S |
301 |
DIR-S |
Direction sub-token. |
FLOOR |
108 |
FLR |
Floor, basement, penthouse, level.
Example (US): 25 Main Street Floor 2 where "Floor" is the FLOOR Billerica, MA 01821 |
FLOOR-NUM |
125 |
FLR-NUM |
Usually the value before or after the FLOOR attribute.
Example (US): 25 Main Street Floor 2 where "2" is the FLOOR-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 |
HIGHWAY |
106 |
HWY |
Highway, Expressway Name.
Example (US): 37028 CA Highway 1 where "CA Highway" is the HIGHWAY Big Sur, CA 93920 |
HIGHWAY-NUM |
123 |
HWY-NUM |
Usually the value after the HIGHWAY attribute. Example (US): 37028 CA Highway 1 where "1" is HIGHWAY-NUM Big Sur, CA 93920 |
HSNO |
114 |
–– |
House number. Indicates the primary number of the house or building along a street. House numbers are found at the beginning of a street line or at the end depending on the addressing convention of the country.
Example (US): 25 Main Street where "25" is the HSNO Billerica, MA 01821
Example (DE): Elsenheimer Str 11 where "11" is the HSNO |
LOT |
110 |
–– |
Lot or reserved plot of land. Often used to identify housing parcels not yet built upon.
Example (US): Main Street Lot 5 where "Lot" is the LOT Billerica, MA 01821 |
LOT-NUM |
127 |
–– |
Usually the value after the LOT attribute
Example (US): Main Street Lot 5 where "5" is the LOT-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 |
MILITARY-COMPLEX |
136 |
M-CPLX |
Base, ship, etc. |
NEIGHBORHOOD-TYPE |
155 |
NEI-TYPE |
Neighborhood type.
Example (US): 25 Main Street urb San Cristobal where "urb" is the NEIGHBORHHOD-TYPE 00736 Cayey, Puerto Rico |
NEIGHBORHOOD1 |
160 |
NEI1 |
In recode pattern, this can be used to concatenate multiple tokens into a single NEI1 or NEI2 token. |
NEIGHBORHOOD2 |
162 |
NEI2 |
In recode pattern, this can be used to concatenate multiple tokens into a single NEI1 or NEI2 token. |
NUMBER |
115 |
NMB |
A house or street number expressed as a word. (For example: Ten, Fifteen, etc.) |
NUM-QUAL |
139 |
N-Q |
Number qualifier. The attribute preceding an apartment, floor, suite number often used when no specific attribute is entered.
Examples: "#", "no", "num" |
POBOX |
132 |
–– |
Post office box keyword.
Example (US): P.O. Box 333 where " P.O. Box " is the POBOX Billerica, MA 01821
Example (CA): CASE POSTAL Example (DE): POSTFACH Example (FR): BOITE POSTALE |
POBOX-NUM |
133 |
–– |
PO Box number. Usually the value after the POBOX attribute.
Example (US): P.O. Box 333 where ""333" is the POBOX-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 |
POLE |
104 |
POL |
Telephone pole, often used to identify addresses without house numbers.
Example (US): Long Rd Pole 5 where "Pole" is the POLE Billerica, MA 01821 |
POLE-NUM |
121 |
POL-NUM |
Usually the value after the POLE attribute.
Example (US): Long Rd Pole 5 where "5" is the POLE-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 |
ROUTE |
102 |
RTE |
Entry that indicates the name portion of a Route, Route number combination. May be a Rural Route or other numbered Route.
Examples (US): RR 1 where "RR" is the ROUTE Billerica, MA 01821 85 Rte 129 where "Rte" is the ROUTE Billerica, MA 01821 |
ROUTE-S |
302 |
RTE-S |
Route sub-token. |
ROUTE-NUM |
119 |
RTE-NUM |
Usually the value after a Route attribute.
Examples (US): RR 1 where "1" is the ROUTE-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 65 Rte 129 where "129" is the ROUTE-NUM Billerica, MA 01821 |
S-CONNECTOR |
137 |
S-CTR |
Street connector. |
S-DIRECTION |
135 |
S-DIR |
Abbreviated direction such as N,S,E or W (vs. spelled out North, South, East or West).
Example (US): 123 W Haven Road where "W" is the S-DIRECTION Manchester NH 03104 |
S-DIRECTION2 | 501 | S-DIR2 | Single direction, such as North or South (vs. Direction which may be compound such as North West, etc.). |
SEC-STR-TYPE |
131 |
S-STR-TYPE |
Secondary street type. Words that are often found with another TYPE following. They often become part of the STREET-NAME when found with a TYPE following but may become the TYPE when found without another TYPE following.
Examples (US): 95 Hilltop Circle Lane where "Circle" is a SEC-STR-TYPE and becomes part of the STREET-NAME 25 Linnell Circle where "Circle" is a SEC-STR-TYPE and is used as SEC-STR-TYPE |
SITE |
112 |
–– |
The name of a location or site. Sometimes used to identify locations that have not been built upon yet.
Example (AU): Applewood Street St Site 32 where "Site" is the SITE Newtown, NSW 2042 |
SITE-NUM |
129 |
–– |
Usually the value after a Site attribute
Example (AU): Applewood Street St Site 32 where "32" is the SITE-NUM Newtown, NSW 2042 |
STREET-NAME |
116 |
STR-NM |
Name of the street. In practice, the Customer Data Parser typically identifies STREET-NAME by understanding the surrounding data and patterns rather than through extensive STREET-NAME entries. |
STREET-NAME2 | 416 | STR-NM2 | Name of the street. |
STREET-NAME-S |
316 |
STR-NM-S |
Street name sub-token. |
STREET-TYPE |
100 |
STR-TYPE |
Street description or modifier such as ST, AVE, RUE, WEG, STRASSE. In the US street types are typically found after (to the right of) the STREET-NAME. Other countries place the STREET-TYPE ahead (to the left) of the STREET-NAME.
Examples (US): 25 Main Street where "Street" is the Street-Type Billerica, MA 01821
12 Main Ave where "Ave" is the Street-Type Billerica, MA 01821
Example (DE): Elsenheimer Str 11 where "Str" is the STREET-TYPE
Example (FR): 5 RUE DES 3 SOEURS where "RUE" is a STREET-TYPE1
The US standard is to use the abbreviated form such as "ST" for STREET or "AVE" for AVENUE. The standard in some other countries is to use the long form STREET. In practice, there are many different variations of the correct spelling to be recognized (like "AVE", "AV", "AVENUE", "AVEA"). |
STREET-TYPE2 | 499 | STR-TYPE2 | Street type, such as St., Ave., or Lane. |
STREET-TYPE-S |
300 |
STR-TYPE-S |
Street type sub-token. |
STREET-TYPE1 |
199 |
STR-TYPE1 |
A STREET-TYPE typically found ahead (to the left of) of the STREET-NAME.
Example (FR): 5 RUE DES 3 SOEURS where "RUE" is a STREET-TYPE1 |
STREET-TYPE1-S |
399 |
STR-TYPE1-S |
Leading street type sub-token. |
SUITE |
113 |
–– |
Name of a Suite.
Example (US): Suite 123 where "Suite" is the SUITE attribute 25 Main Street Billerica, MA 01821 |
SUITE-NUM |
130 |
–– |
Usually the value after the SUITE attribute.
Example (US): Suite 123 where "123" is the SUITE -NUM 25 Main Street Billerica, MA 01821 |
UNIT |
109 |
–– |
Unit, building, or other non-specific dwelling type that can both stand-alone in a Street pattern and can be one of a pair of attributes. While similar in behavior to APARTMENT, SUITE or LOT in the way it creates pairs of UNIT UNIT-NUM, the UNIT attribute is unique in that it can also stand alone in a street pattern.
Example of UNIT pairs where "HANGER" is the UNIT attribute and 3 is UNIT-NUM (US):
HANGER 3 25 Virginia Rd Lincoln, MA 01773
Example of UNIT stand-alone where "HANGER" is a UNIT that acts as a COMPLEX-TYPE (US):
MIT Draper Laboratory Hanger 25 Virginia Rd Lincoln MA 01773 |
UNIT-NUM |
126 |
–– |
Usually the value after the UNIT attribute.
Example (US): Unit 3 where "3" is the UNIT-NUM 25 Main Street Billerica, MA 01821 |