The values that you set on the

ElementAbbreviation

attribute and

GlobalPreferredDescriptor

attribute properties can affect each other. If you set the

GlobalPreferredDescriptor

attribute to a value other than DATABASE,

GlobalPreferredDescriptor

takes precedence over

ElementAbbreviation

for the corresponding descriptors in the countries that

GlobalPreferredDescriptor

can control.

GlobalPreferredDescriptor

does not affect street names or locality names.

The following table shows an input address in Canada and the output address when

ElementAbbreviation

is set to ON and

GlobalPreferredDescriptor

is set to LONG:

The

ElementAbbreviation

setting of ON abbreviates the street name and the locality name. The

GlobalPreferredDescriptor

setting of LONG specifies that the AVENUE descriptor is not abbreviated, even though the

ElementAbbreviation

setting is ON.

When you set

ElementAbbreviation

to ON for Japan addresses,

Address Verification

can combine Street 1, Street 2, and House Number values in a single field.

Address Verification

can return an element result status for each value in the appropriate position in the status code, although the field that the position represents might not contain any data in the output address.

When you set

ElementAbbreviation

to ON for United States addresses, Address Verification abbreviates any element that exceeds the character limit that the United States Postal Service specifies. For example, the United States Postal Service specifies that the Locality element can contain a maximum of thirteen characters. If a locality element exceeds thirteen characters, Address Verification abbreviates the data values in the element.

Address Verification does not abbreviate WEST SAINT PAUL to W ST PAUL because WEST ST PAUL contains fewer than thirteen characters.