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a:Identifier

The postcode is formatted according to country-specific rules. Example: SW3 0A8-1A, 600074, 2067. This element can also be used to define the semantics of what each code in the post code means

Element information

Namespace: urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xal:3

Schema document: external/have/1.0/xAL.xsd

Other elements with the same name: a:Identifier, a:Identifier, a:Identifier

Type: a:IdentifierType

Properties: Local, Qualified

Content

Attributes

NameOccTypeDescriptionNotes
a:Type [0..1]a:IdentifierElementTypeListIndicates which part of number or identifier this element contains. Some "numbers" are as simple as 42 and some "numbers" are more like complex aplhanumberic identifiers as Postcodes in UK or Canada, e.g. M2H 2S5. It may be necessary to separate the "number" into sub-elements and indicate what type of information each of them contains.
ct:Abbreviation [0..1]xsd:booleanIf set to true then indicates that the value is an abbreviation or initial. If set to false then the value is definitely not an abbreviation. If omitted then it is not known if the value is an abbreviation or not.from group ct:grAbbreviation
Any attribute[0..*]Namespace: ##other, Process Contents: lax

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Sample instance

<a:Identifier>normalizedString</a:Identifier>