Hi Jerry,
...or we identify use cases we want to handle (and thereby take a conscious decision to "de-scope" other use cases), and ensure that our model is fit for (our) purpose. Then map the "official" data model onto the "internal" model. This mapping will probably be a one-way mapping, i.e. it is unlikely to be possible to go from the (simplified) OSM model back to the standard model in a reliable way. I found this paper (2003) which shows some more of the vagaries of the system. There is a short section on BS7666. It's a few years old now so things have moved on a bit, but I reckon a significant part still holds true. http://www.knowedge.co.uk/Papers/Addressing_in_Britain.pdf [3] Cheers, Colin On 2015-05-30 10:00, SK53 wrote: > If the world is complicated it may be necessary to reflect that in the data > model (or alternatively make the data model so general that complications are > pushed to applications). I think the Royal Mail approach to addresses is > already too Procrustean! > > However, there is a British Standard for addresses, which I'm told by those > who know it well provides a high degree of flexibility for the numerous cases > which do not reflect housenumber, supplement, street, place model. > > Jerry > > On 29 May 2015 at 15:26, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> If anyone is interested in the data model used by Royal Mail in UK >> addresses, this will tell you loads: >> >> http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Latest-Programmers_guide_Edition-7-Version-6.pdf >> [1] >> >> Warning: you may find yourself uttering things in "rather unparliamentary >> language" when you read this. >> >> Contrast this with the Dutch address model: Street, Housenumber (numeric), >> Housenumber Extension (alphanumeric), Postcode (9999XX) and Town. Probably >> much the same in Belgium and Germany too. >> >> //colin >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> talk...@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb [2] Links: ------ [1] http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Latest-Programmers_guide_Edition-7-Version-6.pdf [2] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb [3] http://www.knowedge.co.uk/Papers/Addressing_in_Britain.pdf
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