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.
If you set the AliasHandling property value
to UseAbbreviation, the DescriptorLength property value takes precedence. For more
information about the DescriptorLength property, see DescriptorLength.
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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