]> U.S. Postal Service Addresses Ontology This ontology augments the Addresses ontology in FND with concepts that conform to the USPS Pub 28. The USPS provides automated address verification services that use the concepts defined herein for that purpose, and which many financial services entities use for data quality purposes. Thematix Partners LLC https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20200301/Places/NorthAmerica/USPostalServiceAddresses.rdf version of this ontology was revised to replace uses of hasTag in Relations with hasTag from LCC, as the more complex union of datatypes in the Relations concept is not needed here, and correct a duplicate label. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20200701/Places/NorthAmerica/USPostalServiceAddresses.rdf version of this ontology was revised to address hygiene issues with respect to text formatting. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20220701/Places/NorthAmerica/USPostalServiceAddresses.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20230101/Places/NorthAmerica/USPostalServiceAddresses.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.

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complete address delivery address that has all the address elements necessary to allow an exact match with the current Postal Service ZIP+4 and City State files to obtain the finest level of ZIP+4 and delivery point codes for the delivery address

A complete address may be required on mail at some automation rates.

delivery address code set system of numeric codes that substitute for specified delivery point details according to the U.S. Postal Service Publication 28 1 1 delivery point code specific set of digits between 00 and 99 assigned to a delivery point

When combined with the ZIP + 4 code, the delivery point code provides a unique identifier for every deliverable address served by the USPS. The delivery point digits are almost never printed on mail in human-readable form; instead they are encoded in the POSTNET delivery point barcode (DPBC) or as part of the newer Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB).

delivery point code set system of numeric codes that substitute for specified delivery point details according to the U.S. Postal Service Publication 28 DPO 1 1 Department of State address delivery address whose delivery address line uses 'UNIT' followed by the unit identifier, followed by 'BOX' followed by box number, in place of a street address, 'DPO' as the literal value for the city, and the appropriate armed forces subdivision code in place of a subdivision (state) code Department of State unit component component of a Department of State address that includes 'UNIT' followed by the unit identifier East Este geographic directional symbol for East

GENERAL DELIVERY general delivery address delivery address that uses the words 'GENERAL DELIVERY', uppercase preferred, spelled out (no abbreviation), in place of a street address

The value of the +4 component of a ZIP+4 code should be '9999'.

highway contract route highway contract route associated with an address 1 1 highway contract address delivery address whose delivery address line uses the abbreviation 'HC', followed by the route identifier, followed by 'BOX' followed by box number, in place of a street address highway contract route designator designator for a route served by an independent contractor rather than directly by the U.S. Postal Service

international address 1 physical address that explicitly includes a country mailbox mailbox, other than a U.S. Post Office box, associated with an address mailbox designator designator for a mail box other than a U.S. Post Office box

BOX

Norte North geographic directional symbol for North

Noreste Northeast geographic directional symbol for Northeast

Noroeste Northwest geographic directional symbol for Northwest

APO FPO overseas military address delivery address whose delivery address line uses an abbreviation for the unit or command such as 'CMR', 'PSC', or 'UNIT', or 'HC', followed by the unit identifier, followed by 'BOX' followed by box number, in place of a street address, either 'APO' or 'FPO' as the literal value for the city and the appropriate armed forces subdivision code in place of a subdivision (state) code private mail box address delivery address provided by a commercial mail receiving company that includes a supplementary address line containing the abbreviation 'PMB' or the pound "#" symbol followed by the mailbox number; alternatively, 'PMB' or '#" and the mailbox number can be appended to the street address 0 Puerto Rico address delivery address for a delivery point in Puerto Rico that may include a supplementary address line containing the abbreviation 'URB' followed by the name of the urbanization area that is appropriate for that address highway contract route address mail route outside the city or township limits in a rural area associated with an address 1 1 rural route address delivery address whose delivery address line uses the abbreviation 'RR', followed by the route identifier, followed by 'BOX' followed by box number, in place of a street address rural route designator designator for a mail route outside the city or township limits in a rural area

South Sur geographic directional symbol for South

Southeast Sureste geographic directional symbol for Southeast

Southwest Suroeste geographic directional symbol for Southwest

standardized address delivery address that is fully spelled out, abbreviated by using the Postal Service standard abbreviations or as given in the current Postal Service ZIP+4 file post office box designator designator for a U.S. Post Office box

PO BOX

1 1 U.S. Postal Service address identifier combined with the ZIP + 4 code, the delivery point code provides a unique identifier for every deliverable address served by the USPS

The delivery point digits are almost never printed on mail in human-readable form; instead they are encoded in the POSTNET delivery point barcode (DPBC) or as part of the newer Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB).

urbanization an area, sector, or development within a larger geographic area

This URB descriptor, commonly used in urban areas of Puerto Rico, is an important part of the addressing format, as it describes the location of a given street.

Oeste West geographic directional symbol for West

Zip Code five-digit code code assigned to a delivery address indicating the state and post office or postal zone ZIP+4 Code nine-digit number consisting of five digits, a hyphen, and four digits, which the USPS describes by its trademark ZIP+4

The correct format for a numeric ZIP+4 code is five digits, a hyphen, and four digits. The first five digits represent the 5-digit ZIP Code; the sixth and seventh digits (the first two after the hyphen) identify an area known as a sector; the eighth and ninth digits identify a smaller area known as a segment. Together, the final four digits identify geographic units such as a side of a street between intersections, both sides of a street between intersections, a building, a floor or group of floors in a building, a firm within a building, a span of boxes on a rural route, or a group of Post Office boxes to which a single USPS employee makes delivery.

zip code scheme system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location has urbanization indicates area, sector, or development within a geographic area relevant to a delivery address