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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
. Returns the address in the same script as the input address.

If the input address contains elements in more than one script, Address Verification overrides the PRESERVE_INPUT setting and returns the address in the default script in the reference address database. For example, if you specify PRESERVE_INPUT and you enter a Japan address that contains both Kanji and Latin elements, Address Verification returns all address elements in Kanji. Kanji is the default script for the Japan reference address database.

Setting a PreferredScript value does not guarantee that the output address will contain characters exclusively in the script that you specify. If the preferred script that you specify does not support an input character, the engine copies the input character to the output. This can result in the output address containing data in more than one script. If the input contains address elements that are not in the corresponding database, Address Verification attempts to transliterate the input according to the

PreferredScript

setting.

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