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AliasHandling

An alias is a recognized alternative name for an item of information in an address. For example, a street or a locality might have an official name and also an alias by which it is commonly recognized.

You can set the property at the element level and at the address level. The element-level AliasHandling property takes precedence over the address-level property.

To set the alias handling policy at the address level, find the property under

Parameters

CountrySets

Standardizations

. To set the policy at the element level, find the property under the associated element name under

Parameters

CountrySets

Standardizations

ElementStandardizations

You can configure the AliasHandling property to one of the following values at the address level and individually on each element:

PreserveAll: Retains the alias for the address element.
PreserveOfficial: Returns the version of the address element that the postal authority prefers. The version may be the official name or the alias, depending on the local usage.
PostalAdmin: Returns the official version of the address element. At the address level, the default value is PostalAdmin.
UseAbbreviation: Returns the address element in its abbreviated form if the reference data contains the abbreviation. The reference data can contain abbreviations for street information, such as street names, descriptors, and directional values, and for locality information.

When you validate addresses in certified mode, set the AliasHandling property to PreserveOfficial.

You can set the following values at the element level only:

UseDefault: Returns the version of the address element that the address-level property value specifies. At the element level, the default value is UseDefault.

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