Data type: AD : Postal_and_residential_address

Description of: AD : Postal_and_residential_address

This Address data type is used to communicate postal addresses and residential addresses. The main use of such data is to allow printing mail labels (postal address), or to allow a person to physically visit that address (residential address). The difference between postal and residential address is whether or not there is just a post box. The residential address is not supposed to contain other information that might be useful for finding geographic locations or doing epidemiological studies. These addresses are thus not very well suited for describing the locations of mobile visits or the "residency" of homeless people.

OpenIssue: A temporal context to this address needs to be added to cover cyclical changes (custodial parent rotation for a child's address).

Component definitions for: AD : Postal_and_residential_address

bad_ind :: BL

Indicates that this address is not working

purpose :: CV

A purpose code indicates what a given address is to be used for. Examples are: prefered residency (used primarily for visiting), temporary (visit or mailing, but see History), preferred mailing address (used specifically for mailing), and some more specific ones, such as "birth address" (to track addresses of small children). An address without specific purpose code might be a default address useful for any purpose, but an address with a specific purpose code would be prefered for that respective purpose.

value :: LIST<ADXP>

This contains the actual address data as a list of address parts that may or may not have semantic tags.