xal:AdministrativeArea

Examples of administrative areas are provinces counties, special regions (such as "Rijnmond"), etc.

Element information

Namespace: urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xsdschema:xAL:2.0

Schema document: xAL.xsd

Type: Anonymous

Properties: Global, Qualified

Content

Sequence [1..1]
1. xal:AddressLine [0..*] Free format address representation. An address can have more than one line. The order of the AddressLine elements must be preserved.
2. xal:AdministrativeAreaName [0..*] Name of the administrative area. eg. MI in USA, NSW in Australia
3. xal:SubAdministrativeArea [0..1] Specification of a sub-administrative area. An example of a sub-administrative areas is a county. There are two places where the name of an administrative area can be specified and in this case, one becomes sub-administrative area.
4. Choice [0..1]
  - xal:Locality Locality is one level lower than adminisstrative area. Eg.: cities, reservations and any other built-up areas.
  - xal:PostOffice Specification of a post office. Examples are a rural post office where post is delivered and a post office containing post office boxes.
  - xal:PostalCode PostalCode is the container element for either simple or complex (extended) postal codes. Type: Area Code, Postcode, etc.
5. Any element [0..*] Namespace: ##other, Process Contents: strict

Attributes

Name	Occ	Type	Description
Type	[0..1]	xsd:anySimpleType	Province or State or County or Kanton, etc
UsageType	[0..1]	xsd:anySimpleType	Postal or Political - Sometimes locations must be distinguished between postal system, and physical locations as defined by a political system
Indicator	[0..1]	xsd:anySimpleType	Erode (Dist) where (Dist) is the Indicator
Any attribute	[0..*]		Namespace: ##other, Process Contents: strict

Used in

Anonymous type of element xal:Country
Type xal:AddressDetails (Element xal:AddressDetails)

Sample instance

<xal:AdministrativeArea>
   <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
   <xal:AdministrativeAreaName>Any text</xal:AdministrativeAreaName>
   <xal:SubAdministrativeArea>
      <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
      <xal:SubAdministrativeAreaName>Any text</xal:SubAdministrativeAreaName>
      <xal:Locality>
         <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
         <xal:LocalityName>Any text</xal:LocalityName>
         <xal:PostBox>...
         </xal:PostBox>
         <xal:Thoroughfare>...
         </xal:Thoroughfare>
         <xal:Premise>...
         </xal:Premise>
         <xal:DependentLocality>...
         </xal:DependentLocality>
         <xal:PostalCode>...
         </xal:PostalCode>
         <!--any element-->
      </xal:Locality>
      <!--any element-->
   </xal:SubAdministrativeArea>
   <xal:Locality>
      <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
      <xal:LocalityName>Any text</xal:LocalityName>
      <xal:PostBox>
         <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
         <xal:PostBoxNumber>Any text</xal:PostBoxNumber>
         <xal:PostBoxNumberPrefix>Any text</xal:PostBoxNumberPrefix>
         <xal:PostBoxNumberSuffix>Any text</xal:PostBoxNumberSuffix>
         <xal:PostBoxNumberExtension>Any text</xal:PostBoxNumberExtension>
         <xal:Firm>...
         </xal:Firm>
         <xal:PostalCode>...
         </xal:PostalCode>
         <!--any element-->
      </xal:PostBox>
      <xal:Thoroughfare>
         <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
         <xal:ThoroughfareNumber>Any text</xal:ThoroughfareNumber>
         <xal:ThoroughfareNumberPrefix>Any text</xal:ThoroughfareNumberPrefix>
         <xal:ThoroughfareNumberSuffix>Any text</xal:ThoroughfareNumberSuffix>
         <xal:ThoroughfarePreDirection>Any text</xal:ThoroughfarePreDirection>
         <xal:ThoroughfareLeadingType>Any text</xal:ThoroughfareLeadingType>
         <xal:ThoroughfareName>Any text</xal:ThoroughfareName>
         <xal:ThoroughfareTrailingType>Any text</xal:ThoroughfareTrailingType>
         <xal:ThoroughfarePostDirection>Any text</xal:ThoroughfarePostDirection>
         <xal:DependentThoroughfare>...
         </xal:DependentThoroughfare>
         <xal:DependentLocality>...
         </xal:DependentLocality>
         <!--any element-->
      </xal:Thoroughfare>
      <xal:Premise>
         <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
         <xal:PremiseName>Any text</xal:PremiseName>
         <xal:PremiseLocation>Any text</xal:PremiseLocation>
         <xal:PremiseNumberPrefix>string</xal:PremiseNumberPrefix>
         <xal:PremiseNumberSuffix>Any text</xal:PremiseNumberSuffix>
         <xal:BuildingName>Any text</xal:BuildingName>
         <xal:SubPremise>...
         </xal:SubPremise>
         <xal:MailStop>...
         </xal:MailStop>
         <xal:PostalCode>...
         </xal:PostalCode>
         <xal:Premise>...
         </xal:Premise>
         <!--any element-->
      </xal:Premise>
      <xal:DependentLocality>
         <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
         <xal:DependentLocalityName>Any text</xal:DependentLocalityName>
         <xal:DependentLocalityNumber>Any text</xal:DependentLocalityNumber>
         <xal:PostBox>...
         </xal:PostBox>
         <xal:Thoroughfare>...
         </xal:Thoroughfare>
         <xal:Premise>...
         </xal:Premise>
         <xal:DependentLocality>...
         </xal:DependentLocality>
         <xal:PostalCode>...
         </xal:PostalCode>
         <!--any element-->
      </xal:DependentLocality>
      <xal:PostalCode>
         <xal:AddressLine>Any text</xal:AddressLine>
         <xal:PostalCodeNumber>Any text</xal:PostalCodeNumber>
         <xal:PostalCodeNumberExtension>Any text</xal:PostalCodeNumberExtension>
         <xal:PostTown>...
         </xal:PostTown>
         <!--any element-->
      </xal:PostalCode>
      <!--any element-->
   </xal:Locality>
   <!--any element-->
</xal:AdministrativeArea>