Hi David
The Open API model has tried to be agnostic to regional variations of address formats. When you "know" that you will be operating in a specific region, you can presumably extend the Open API model to add your specific needs, e.g. direction prefixes for US addresses.
Hope it helps
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Jonathan Goldberg
Amdocs Management Limited
Any opinions and statements made by me on this forum are purely personal, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the TM Forum or my employer.
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Original Message:
Sent: Sep 12, 2022 16:42
From: David Robinson
Subject: TMF673 and predirectional street components.
For US addresses that have a predirectional component, how should the streetName field be populated?
Ex.
101 S First St
101 W Green St
Is the expectation that streetName would be "S First" and "W Green". This seems like it would make querying difficult and break normalization. Our current address validation system returns the predirectional as a separate field called ThoroughfarePreDirection and the street name as ThoroughfareName. Is there a way to keep the components separate by adding a new field streetPreDirection? Or do they need to be combined to comply with TMF673?
Thanks.
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David Robinson
Consolidated Communications
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