Address Data Interchange Specification (ADIS): XML specification for the interchange of address data both domestically and internationally. It is based on storing the parts of an address, or address elements, and then combining them together with intelligent editing to create output formats, or renditions, for particular mailpieces. It includes data about the addresses, such as whether they are complete or missing particular elements that affect address quality. Organization: IDEAlliance. More information: ADIS page on the IDEAlliance website (new window).
eXtensible Name Address Language (xNAL): XML specification for managing name and address data regardless of country of origin. It consists of two parts: xNL, eXtensible Name Language, to define the name components, and xAL, eXtensible Address Language, to define the address components. xNL and xAL are part of the OASIS Customer Information Quality (CIQ) family of specifications. Also see xCRL and xCIL (new window). Organization: OASIS. More information: CIQ page on the OASIS website (new window).
Mail.XML: XML specification for communication between industry members and from industry to the final mail processing and delivery organization that delivers the mail to the end consumer, e.g., USPS. Organization: IDEAlliance. More
information: Mail.XML page on the
IDEAlliance website (new window).
More on the general topic: Common XML vocabularies
- Computing Environment XML
- Content Syndication XML
- Customer Information XML
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) XML
- Geospatial XML
- Human XML
- Localization XML
- Math XML
- Open Applications Group Integration Specification (OAGIS)
- Open Office XML
- Topic maps XML
- Trade XML
- Translation XML
- Universal Business Language (UBL)
- Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF)