[ciq] Fw: Re: FYI: Draft Address Data Content Standard

[David RR Webber - XML ebusiness <Gnosis_@compuserve.com>]

Ram,

I would not sweat these in-country standards!

Leave 'em be!!

The USPS has its own too - and I'm sure the Bundesposte,
etc, etc, etc.

It's up to them to do the mapping, and since the UK say
they are going to use CIQ for out-of-country - that's 
brilliant news!  Enjoy your wins, and don't worry about
the other stuff.

BTW - We really, really, really need to start moving on
the CAM templates for all this.   That way you can build 
a CAM template for each of these in-country formats
that cross-walks it to CIQ and back.   But better yet,
having pre-built country specific CAM templates is a
major win for CIQ since people can just use these
'off-the-shelf' - and that will make them more inclined
to migrate.   

Using Joe Lubnows excellent rule analysis we can
easily build the USPS CAM / CIQ template - and from
that example - fan out and start pulling in the other
major postal countries....

I'm only one set of hands though - so right now - we
have lots of CAM examples to work from - we just
need people to help with building and testing
these postal templates....

Thanks, DW.
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Message text written by "Ram Kumar"
> 
Hmmm,

Yet another address standard. It is very unfortunate that
people keep re-inventing the wheel and I am sure this will
never stop! I will look into the new standard and will show
how it is a subset of the CIQ standard for address info.

Regards,

Ram<