You can set the

MatchingScope

attribute of the

Process

element in

Parameters.xml

to specify the address elements that you want Address Verification to verify. You can set the matching scope to locality, street, or delivery-point level. The default value of

MatchingScope

is ALL so that Address Verification verifies all possible elements including locality, street, and delivery-point elements in the input address. You receive the best results if you set the

MatchingScope

attribute to ALL as Address Verification verifies all possible elements. If you do not want Address Verification to consider some of the address elements for verification, you can set

MatchingScope

to a value other then ALL.

If the reference address database does not contain the specified level of information for an address, Address Verification verifies only those elements that the database contains.

You can configure Address Verification to verify address elements based on synonyms or alternative names in the reference address database. Synonyms of an address element include alternative names of a place or a street, such as vanity names in United States addresses. The archival name of an address element refers to an outdated name of a place or street.

To match input address elements with synonyms or archival names in the reference address database, set the

MatchingAlternatives

attribute to SYNONYMS_ONLY, ARCHIVES_ONLY, or ALL. The default value of

MatchingAlternatives

is ALL. You can set the

MatchingAlternatives

attribute to NONE if you do not want Address Verification to consider synonyms or archival names when it verifies an address.