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Newsletter - September 2001
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Dear AddressDoctor™ user:
In our last newsletter we announced the renaming of our product line. In this issue we will keep you updated about our most recent product developments. Also we have a section on interesting details from the world of international addresses.
Please feel free to contact us with any comments you may have. The contact address is info@addressdoctor.com.
Kind regards
AddressDoctor sales
In this newsletter:
AddressDoctor™ - eCommerce now updated to version 3.3
AddressDoctor™ - developer: Intelligent Address Management for Superior Data Quality
September 2001 data update includes data for 17 countries
The address format of The Netherlands
AddressDoctor™ at the BASTA
AddressDoctor™ at the Systems
Europe Online chooses AddressDoctor™ eCommerce
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AddressDoctor™ - eCommerce now updated to version 3.3
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AddressDoctor™ - eCommerce version 3.3
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The AddressDoctor™ - eCommerce service is now based on the version 3.3 engine of our product. This version includes many new features such as an improved alternative generation mechanism, a new parsing engine and a new address formatter.
For the XML-Connector there is a new Request structure (version number 1.3). Here are some of the new features.
- New FieldStatus indicator for individual address elements (postal code, locality, street, premise number, PO Box)
- More strict examination of the transmitted XML using DTD rules
- Support for utf-8 and utf-16 encoding
Requests adhering to the old version number 1.1 will continue to be supported.
A new White Paper can be downloaded from our homepage.
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AddressDoctor™ - Developer:
Intelligent Address Management for Superior Data Quality
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Address verification can be integrated into your applications within hours
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How does AddressDoctor™ - Developer work?
AddressDoctor™ - developer is a collection of software libraries with a COM interface. It offers fault tolerant search and verification functions for addresses worldwide. With little effort lookup functions for postal codes and localities can be implemented within software applications. A single function call will verify complete addresses and correct them if necessary. Another function call will provide addresses formatted according to a particular country's address rules.
Highly-Accurate International Address Data Verification
Like all AddressDoctor™ products AddressDoctor™ - Developer is based on a comprehensive reference database from more than 200 countries and territories. This reference database is unique world wide. It contains detailed street level directories for more than 40 and postal codes for more than 100 countries.
Who needs AddressDoctor™ - developer?
AddressDoctor™ - developer is the ideal tool for software application developers concerned with data quality and address management. Its broad range of functions makes it particularly suitable for:
- Organizations with data warehouse systems.
- Data quality software developers.
- Call Centers needing to verify addresses as they are entered or wanting to offer data entry support to their staff.
- Online merchants.
More information on AddressDoctor™ - Developer can be found on the Internet.
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September 2001 data update includes data for 17 countries
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Data update with 17 countries
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Our customers have received enhanced reference data for 17 countries with the September 2001 data update. More detailed data was added to various countries. Also several synonyms were included for multilingual countries.
Here is a list of the countries contained in the update:
Germany, Denmark, USA, Finland, Ethiopia, Ghana, Croatia, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Monaco, Moldova, Swaziland, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Mongolia, Cambodia.
For more information please download the detailed
country list from our web site.
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The address format of The Netherlands
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In this column we provide answers to frequently asked questions concerning international addressing. This issue covers the address format of The Netherlands.
Dutch addresses are structured as follows:
Name
Street Premise-number
POSTAL-CODE LOCALITY-NAME
COUNTRY
Please note, that the postal code as well as the locality name have to be written in capital letters. Additionally, there should be two spaces between the postal code and the locality name.
Very important is the structure of the postal code which is comprised of 4 numerals and 2 letters. During the input many errors occur, because the two letters are attributed to the locality name. Here are some examples of correct Dutch addresses:
Jan Jannsen
Aakstraat 1
1034 BJ AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS
PTT Post International
Postbus 1992
2130 GC HOOFDDORP
THE NETHERLANDS
"Postbus" is the Dutch name for PO Box.
This address format is supported by all AddressDoctor™ products.
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AddressDoctor™ at the BASTA
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Visit AddressDoctor™ at the BASTA in Frankfurt/Germany. The show and conference focuses on software developers specializing in Visual Basic and .NET development.
The exhibition will take place October 04th through October 05th at CongressCenter Fair Frankfurt. Please visit us and see a live demonstration of our products. More details can be found at the BASTA website.
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AddressDoctor™ at the Systems
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Visit AddressDoctor™ at the Systems 2001. This fair for information technology, telecommunication and new media starts October 15th and runs through October 19th, 2001 at the new Munich fairgrounds. You can find AddressDoctor™ at the Deutsche Post AG booth 343-540 in hall B1. More information is available by clicking the following link: http://www.systems.de/.
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Europe Online chooses AddressDoctor™ - eCommerce
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Europe Online Networks S.A. is a privately held company based in Luxembourg. With four full ASTRA Satellite Transponders and 180 Mbps fiber optic Internet Backbone, Europe Online is operating the first hybrid terrestrial/satellite Broadband Internet Network in Europe.
Europe Online's products are available across Europe. The Internet is one important distribution channel. In order to avoid the incorrect input of addresses during the online ordering and registration process Europe Online has decided to use AddressDoctor™ - eCommerce.
It ensures that only correct address data is passed to the company's servers as all addresses are validated against a comprehensive reference database covering more than 200 countries and territories.
This is how Europe Online safes time and money avoiding the identification and correction of addresses.
More information under www.europeonline.com.
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