Postal Standards and Address Quality – Take 1

Blog Administrator | Address Correction, Address Quality, Address Standardization, Address Validation, Analyzing Data Quality, Data Quality, Postal Address Standards, USPS | , , , ,

By David Loshin

The USPS Postal Standard (Publication 28) provides at least some of the specifications we need for address quality. For example,

 “The Postal Service defines a complete address as one that has all the address elements necessary to allow an exact match with the current Postal Service ZIP+4 and City State files to obtain the finest level of ZIP+4 and delivery point codes for the delivery address.”

Read More