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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to Informatica Address Verification
  3. Informatica Address Verification Interface
  4. Informatica Address Verification Request Parameters
  5. Informatica Address Verification Response Elements
  6. Examples

Developer Guide

Developer Guide

PreferredScript

PreferredScript

The alphabet in which
Informatica Address Verification
returns the output varies from country to country. For most of the countries, the output is in Latin 1 or ASCII irrespective of the preferred language you set.
PreferredScript
is an optional parameter that you can include to specify the script in which
Informatica Address Verification
returns the result.
You can specify one of the following values for the
PreferredScript
parameter:
  • DATABASE
    . To generate the address output in the same unicode script in which the reference address database stores the corresponding address. This is the default value.
  • POSTAL_ADMIN_PREF
    . To generate the address output in the same unicode script that is the preferred script for the postal department of the country to which the address belongs. Typically, this is the same as the DATABASE script.
  • POSTAL_ADMIN_ALT
    . To generate the address output in the same unicode script that is the postal department-approved alternative script in the country to which the address belongs. For example, if you set
    PreferredScript
    to POSTAL_ADMIN_ALT when you validate a Japan address, you receive the result in Kana characters instead of the Kanji script. Kanji is the POSTAL_ADMIN_PREF script for Japan.
  • ASCII_SIMPLIFIED
    . To generate the address output in ASCII simplified script.
    Informatica Address Verification
    converts non-ASCII characters in the output to their basic ASCII equivalents. For example, ö is replaced with o in the output.
  • ASCII_EXTENDED
    . To generate the address output in ASCII extended script that supports the expansion of special characters.
    Informatica Address Verification
    converts non-ASCII characters in the output to their general ASCII equivalents. For example, ö is replaced with oe in the output.
  • LATIN
    . To generate the result in Latin script. If the input was in a different script,
    Informatica Address Verification
    transliterates such addresses to provide the output in Latin. Note that the Latin output might contain characters from any of the 15 different Latin character sets.
  • LATIN_ALT
    . To generate the result in Latin alternate script that is used for transliteration. This settings works only for countries that support multiple Latin transliterations. For example, if you set
    PreferredScript
    to LATIN_ALT,
    Informatica Address Verification
    transliterates Russian addresses according to BGN rules instead of ISO rules.
  • LATIN_1
    . To generate the result in Latin-1, Western European, characters.
  • PRESERVE_INPUT
    . To generate the address output in the same script that you used for the address input. You can set this value only for addresses from Belarus, China, Greece, Japan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Russia, and Ukraine.
If the input contains address elements that are not in the corresponding database,
Informatica Address Verification
copies such elements from the input to the output. For such elements,
Informatica Address Verification
uses the same script that you used for the input address irrespective of the value you set for
PreferredScript
.
If you set
PreferredScript
to PRESERVE_INPUT,
Informatica Address Verification
returns the output in the same script that was used for the input. If the input contains more than one script,
Informatica Address Verification
overrides the PRESERVE_INPUT setting and returns the address in the default script used in the reference address database.
For example: If you set
PreferredScript
to PRESERVE_INPUT and enter a Japan address that contains both Kanji and Latin elements,
Informatica Address Verification
returns all address elements in Kanji, which is the default script for Japan reference address database.

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