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a book reference

http://www.amazon.com/Global-Sourcebook-Address-Data-Management/dp/0566081091^{Image Removed}

http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/countries/GBR.pdf

http://xml.coverpages.org/Comparing-CEN-and-xNAL.pdf

http://www.zipcodeworld.com/addressing/greatbritain.htm&nbsp^{Image Removed};

the current PostalAddress Enity will be supplimented but new entities that deal with expanded information.

these entities is fashioned after the xAL:2.0
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq/ciq.html#6

PostalService entity convers Postoffice information used for bulk mailing
This includes barcode for the address.

 AdministrativeArea entity covers more general information that allows non specific data to help identify and locations.

The Country entiy might be tied into the Geocode.   in You can have differerent Mailing structures in a country
most of this specification is calling out how to create an address for different Countries.
in the way ofbiz works Country should would be the top entity and the PostalAddress should revferenced as the Address lines

The US Postal rules is the Top line should be for Attn to or Company name. The Line closest to the city, Postallocal should have the delivery info address line.

Based on Country the number of address lines and the sequence varies.

The Locality entity  is not connected to the Postal address directly, it more define are area that the Postal Address may be in. it is used to search for an address that may be in the area. for validation.

used to define the layout of a countries address. both in the UI and in how the data is added to the PostalAddress data.

There are three basic ways to specify a Mailing address in a country.

1)AdministrativeArea entity covers more general information that allows non specific data to help identify and locations.
2)The Locality entity 
3)Thoroughfare Entity

Premise  Premise Entitiy is for a building like office complex or Apartments. it is more for doing searches to validate the address.

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so a premise Lot can have children Premise BLDG that an have children Premise Flr 

Thoroughfare Entity is  

Flr

 AddressDetails AddressDetails entity incorporates locality and premise entities.  

PostalService entity convers Postoffice information used for bulk mailing

 The US Postal rules is the Top line should be for Attn to or Company name. The Line closest to the city, Postallocal should have the delivery info address line.