What Should You Do With A Declared Valid Address

In general, an address that is valid (status=”V”) according to nCode is one which already has all of the important address elements. This means nothing important is missing or incorrect. A valid address might need some standardization to fix superficial issues like abbreviating keywords or removing punctuation, but the address elements themselves are complete and correct. A […]

What Organizations Should Do To Handle Rural Street Addresses

One of the challenges that most organizations face when working with address data is how to handle street addresses in small towns and out in the countryside. Canada Post maintains the official list of all Canadian mailing addresses, but in rural areas, these addresses are rarely street addresses. Instead they are PO Box, Route Service (RR) or […]