Universal @ddressing

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Universal _at_ddressing

• Stefan Lindholm
• Chairman, UPU Telematics Cooperative and the
  Advanced Electronic Services User Group

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Universal Postal Union at a glance

• UPU, a not-for-profit UN agency for the Global
  Postal Industry
• 190 countries, 700,000 post offices
• The largest physical distribution network in the
  world.
• In 2002 the Posts distributed..
• a total of 425 billion domestic items.
• a total of 6.7 billion international items.
• The UPU is committed to deliver the UN Universal
  Service.
• Keeping pace with customer behaviour, Posts are
  increasingly using new technologies to move
• beyond the physical mailbox into every
  household and every business desktop.

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Posts inherited developed skills
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UPU - Bridging the Digital Divide

• By migrating their universal delivery commitment
  to the online world, postal services can ensure
  that citizens have better and easier access to
  internet connectivity and services.
• A growing number of UPU member postal
  administrations have intensified their
  cooperation with the telecommunications sector to
  develop tele-kiosk and hybrid mail combining
  electronic transmission and a physical delivery.
• Standards are now developing to support this
  bridge over the digital divide.

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UPU Universal _at_ddressing PT (P_at_U) and
POSTCode project

• Origin Resolution C 87/1999, from the Beijing
  Congress

• Aims promote and improve the quality of domestic
  and international mail services

• Products Developing a product range on
• 1.-addressing systems Standard S-42 
•  Postal Addressing Systems 
• 2.-postcodes  Universal POSTCODE
  Database 

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POSTCode Standard S-42

• Goals
• prepare a dictionary of address types and
  elements
• define address structures (country by country)
  and templates in natural language and XML.

• Implementation
• EDIFACT and XML message

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POSTCode Standard S42
Postal Address Components Dictionary
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POSTCode Standard S42, natural language

Address template in Natural Language Notation,
example United States of America \ (12.33
supplementary despatch data) L \) lt \ 10.04
addressee role descriptor precedence1 10.05
form of address 10.06/1 given name part 1
10.06/2 given name part 2 10.06/3 given name
part 3 10.08 surname 10.09 name qualifier
10.10 qualification L \ \ 10.04 addressee
role descriptor precedence2 (10.03 function)
L \ \ 11.11 mailee role descriptor
precedence1 11.05 form of address 11.06/1
given name part 1 11.06/2 given name part 2
11.06/3 given name part 3 11.08 surname
11.09 name qualifier 11.10 qualification L
\ \ 11.11 mailee role descriptor
precedence2 (11.03 function) L \ \ 11.11
mailee role descriptor precedence3 (11.02/2
succeeding organisational unit) L \ \ 11.11
mailee role descriptor precedence4 (11.00/2
succeeding organisation name) 11.01/2 succeeding
organisation legal status L \ gt lt \ (10.00
organisation name) 10.01 organisation legal
status L \ \ 10.04 addressee role
descriptor (10.02 organisational unit) L \
gt \ (13.17 district) L \ lt(\ (14.21
thoroughfare name) 13.19 delivery service type
13.20 delivery service indicator L \)gt lt(\
(13.19 delivery service type) (13.20 delivery
service indicator) L \)gt lt(\ (14.24 street
number or plot) 14.23/1 preceding thoroughfare
qualifier (14.21 thoroughfare name) 14.22
thoroughfare type 14.23/2 succeeding
thoroughfare qualifier 14.31/1 secondary unit
type 14.31/2 secondary unit identifier L
\)gt (\ (13.16 town) (13.15 region) (13.13/1
primary postcode) 13.13/2 secondary postcode
L \) \ (13.14 country) L \
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POSTCode Standard S42 by XML

• lt?xml version"1.0" encoding"UTF-8"?gt
• lt!--
• This is the PATDL USPS template representing the
  street address, postal box, and rural route
  formats using UPU codes and rendition
  instructions. It has been validated using the
  Postal Address Template description Language
  (PATDL) v2.2 W3C schema. The file name is
  straddr.xml
• --gt
• lt!DOCTYPE patdl.xml SYSTEM "patdl.dtd"gt
• ltpatdl22.xml xmlnsxsihttp//www.w3.org/2001/XMLS
  chema-instance
• xsinoNamespaceSchemaLocationPATDLv2.2.2.xsdgt
• lt!-- --gt
• ltidentifiergt
• ltreferenceKeygtUPU-USlt/referenceKeygt
• ltelementIdentifiergt
• lttypegtcodelt/typegt
• ltprefixgtUlt/prefixgt
• ltsystemgtUPUlt/systemgt
• ltversiongts42-3lt/versiongt
• ltsourcegtPOSTCodelt/sourcegt
• lt/elementIdentifiergt
• ..
• ltcontentDefinitiongt

• ltlineDatagt
• ltlineNamegtlastlinelt/lineNamegt
• ltlineNumbergt008lt/lineNumbergt
• ltlinePrioritygt002lt/linePrioritygt
• ltelementDatagt
• ltelementIdgtE10.018lt/elementIdgt
• ltelementDescgtcity.namelt/elementDescgt
• ltfldJustifygtLlt/fldJustifygt
• ltposStartgt001lt/posStartgt
• ltposLengthgtlt/posLengthgt
• lt/elementDatagt
• ltelementDatagt
• ltelementIdgtE10.020lt/elementIdgt
• ltelementDescgtstate.postal.abbreviationlt/
  elementDescgt
• ltfldJustifygtLlt/fldJustifygt
• ltposStartgtlt/posStartgt
• ltposLengthgtlt/posLengthgt
• lt/elementDatagt
• ltelementDatagt

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POSTCode Standard S42
Address example United States of America
Address elements 10.06/1 CECIL 10.06/2 BOB 10.08 D
EMILLE 10.03 PRODUCER 14.24 2800 14.23/1 N 14.21 L
OS FELICES 14.22 CIR 14.23/2 E 14.31/1 UNIT 14.31/
2 C100 13.16 PALM SPRINGS 13.15 CA 13.13/1 92260 1
3.13/2 3002 13.14 USA
Formatted address CECIL BOB DEMILLE PRODUCER 2800
N LOS FELICES CIR E UNIT C100 PALM SPRINGS CA
92260-3002 USA
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Universal POSTCODE database
A worldwide postcode database to street level for
more than 190 countries when available.

• General description
• flat files, text/ASCII, raw data, TABulator
  separator,
• quarterly updates (included),
• all postcodes in the uniform POSTCODE format

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The physical address is key to

• Legal address, tax, social sec, children, work..
• Utilities, electricity, gas, cable, petrol
• telecom
• Credit cards
• Bank
• Drivers licence
• eID certificate (electronic identification)
• Letter and parcel address
• eGovernment

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Privacy issues

• Posts only, have delivery address directory
• Posts provide UN - Universal Services letter
  secrecy
• The individual only, allow for listing of address
• Telephone directory listed / not listed
• .Post will provide privacy protection

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_at_post Aliases by the protected address
Change address on-line
Mail collect
Mail forward
anna25_at_swe.post
anna.hansson.pl61831-7854_at_swe.post
"072x304y35z"
Unique secret serial number
ePM Electronic ID
anna.hansson.storgat34.19792-1234_at_swe.post
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_at_post - Addresses
Anna Hansson Storgatan 34 S-193 97 Bro Sweden
The same address as used today!
Anna.Hansson.storg34.19397-1234_at_swe.post
anna.hansson.storgat34.19397-1234_at_swe.post
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The Znum ideá
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The .post S-42 standard in reality..

• Use of existing address infrastructure
  investments
• Electronic PostBox svcs migrating to .post
  domains
• Geographical eMessaging rural, local global
• Demographical eMessaging - rural, local global
• Posts sort by physical or electronic address
• Electronic advise of physical delivery
• Business system integration
• Etc
• Migration will allow people to manage their
  comms!!

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Standard S-43, ePM, Electr. PostMark

• The UPU eDocument standard for electronic
  signatures and privacy protection.

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UPU electronic PostMark, ePM

• ePM is the UPU PKI based eSignature service with
  legal ramifications, built on
• A UPU global PKI policy by UPU Congress 1999
• Posts strengths for In-Person-Proofing (IPP)
• Imbedded Signer sw by leading PC sw suppliers
• Transparency of electronic physical Signatures
• Signers and Recipients see what they do/get
  (WYSIWIG)

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EPM Electronic PostMark, UPU S-43

• Electronic PostMark standard
• Interface and functionality standard
• UPU S43 approval Nov 2003 UPU Standards Board
• CEN TC331 under review for approval 2004
• OASIS DSS to be approved Q2 2004
• Applications Established by Us, Pt, Be, Ca, Fr
• Via Microsoft and Adobe
• Documents
• Forms
• Applications
• Any Web/Internet paper

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Non-repudiation for all forms of communication.

• For any document, form or piece of electronic
  paper non-repudiation is applied in the form
  of a stamp that also seals the document
• Using Microsoft/Adobe applications, the EPM stamp
  is part of the software
• Once applied, the item is sealed as if it were in
  the mail it cannot be tampered or corrected
  without trace

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_at_post - Aliases
Change address on-line
Mail collect
Mail forward
anna25_at_swe.post
anna.hansson.pl61831-7854_at_swe.post
072x304y35z
Unique secret serial number
ePM Electronic ID
anna.hansson.storgat34.19792-1234_at_swe.post
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Further information

• Electronic PostMark S-43, please visit
• http//www.globalepost.com/interspec.htm
• POSTcode standard S-42, please visit
  http//www.upu.int/post_code/en/addressing_format
  s.html
• POSTCODE database http//www.upu.int/publicati
  ons/en/post_code_database.shtml

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UPU position for the future

• Posts are the the timeless societal trust-hubs
  for trade communication in LDCs as well as
  DCs.
• Posts traditionally deliver tools for worldwide
  physical
• Communication
• Distribution
• Payments
• Now, standards are available to migrate the
  physical and the electronics eg. PostCode and
  Electronic PostMark with a global outlook and
  strong privacy protection
• .POST sTLD will advance these values and
  further standard developments in a sponsored
  environment for all

Tools for Trade Communication
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UPU .post for Universal eServices

• Thank You for your attention !!