Address

https://publicschema.org/Address

normative

A structured physical or postal location used to reach a person, household, or organization. Addresses combine spatial and administrative components such as street, settlement, district, and postal code.

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Properties

Property Type Definition
Location
Full address string
The complete address written as a single text string. Coexists with structured address components for systems that store addresses as free text.
Street address string The street name, number, and any apartment or building identifiers.
House number string The house, building, or plot number within a street or road.
Building name string
The name of a building, estate, or compound, used in contexts where locations are identified by name rather than street number.
Administrative
Address area string
The name of a geographic area such as a neighborhood, quarter, or ward that groups addresses below the city level.
City string The city, town, or village component of the address.
Administrative area string
The first-level administrative subdivision (province, state, region) containing the address.
Postal code string The postal or zip code of the address.
Country string (country) The country, expressed as an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code where possible.
Location concept:Location
The geographic location of the subject of this record, captured as coordinates or administrative area.

Evidence

Present in 5 of 6 mapped delivery systems.

Present in 5 of 6 mapped systems. EBSI PID and PDA1 schemas informed additional decomposition properties (house_number, building_name) not present in the original convergence systems.

Standard Equivalent Match
Core Location Address exact
DCI Core Address close
Same concept, different property decomposition; DCI uses address_line_1/2 while PublicSchema decomposes into street, house number, and building name

Referenced by this concept

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