Universal @ddressing

Stefan Lindholm

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

@2March 2004

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”.

@3March 2004

Posts inherited & developed skills

Mass- and niche market

Every company & householdevery working day

Global Trust

Physical - electronic

Address Competence

@4March 2004

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.

@5March 2004

UPU Universal @ddressing PT (P@U) and POST*Code 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 POST*CODE®

Database »

@6March 2004

POST*Code: 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

@7March 2004

POST*Code: Standard S42

Addressee Specification

Delivery Point Specification

Mailee Specification

Mail Recipient Despatching Information

Individual Identification

Addressee Role Descriptor

Organisation Identification or

Individual Identification

Organisation Identification

or

Mailee Role Descriptor

Door Floor Wing

Supplementary Despatch Data

Delivery Point Location

Function

Legal Status

Organisation Name

Organisational Unit

Given Name Surname

Name Qualifier

Qualification

Form of Address

Thoroughfare

Surname Root

Surname Prefix

Thoroughfare Name

Thoroughfare Type

Thoroughfare Qualifier

Delivery Point Access Data

Street No or Plot

Extension Designation

Door

Floor

Wing

Supplementary DP Data

Building/Cons Type

Building/ Construction

Postcode

Defining Authority

Country

Postcode

Defining Authority

Locality

Town

Region

District

Delivery Ser- Vice Qualifier

Locality

Town

Region

District

Postal Service Delivery Point Identifier

Delivery Service Type

Delivery Service Indicator

Postal Service Delivery Point Identifier

Delivery Service Type

Delivery Service Indicator

Proximate Town

Thoroughfare

Thoroughfare Name

Thoroughfare Type

Secondary

Secondary

Secondary

Sector Type Sector Indicator

Postal Address Components : Dictionary

@8March 2004

POST*Code: Standard S42, natural language

Address template in Natural Language Notation, example: United States of America[\ (12.33 supplementary despatch data) {L} \)< [\ [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} \] >< [\ (10.00 organisation name) [10.01 organisation legal status] {L} \][\ [10.04 addressee role descriptor] (10.02 organisational unit) {L} \] >[\ (13.17 district) {L} \]<(\ (14.21 thoroughfare name) [13.19 delivery service type] [13.20 delivery service indicator] {L} \)><(\ (13.19 delivery service type) (13.20 delivery service indicator) {L} \)><(\ (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} \)> (\ (13.16 town) (13.15 region) (13.13/1 primary postcode) [13.13/2 secondary postcode] {L} \)[\ (13.14 country) {L} \]

@9March 2004

POST*Code: Standard S42 by XML

• <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>• <!--• 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

• -->• <!DOCTYPE patdl.xml SYSTEM "patdl.dtd">• <patdl22.xml xmlns:xsi=

http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”• xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=“PATDLv2.2.2.xsd”>• <!-- -->• <identifier>• <referenceKey>UPU-US</referenceKey>• <elementIdentifier>• <type>code</type>• <prefix>U</prefix>• <system>UPU</system>• <version>s42-3</version>• <source>POST*Code</source>• </elementIdentifier>• …..• <contentDefinition>• <templateNumber>• <countryCode>US</countryCode>• <userId>USPS</userId>• <templateType>ADR</templateType>• <templateSeqNum>001</templateSeqNum>• </templateNumber>• ….

• <lineData>• <lineName>lastline</lineName>• <lineNumber>008</lineNumber>• <linePriority>002</linePriority>• <elementData>• <elementId>E10.018</elementId>• <elementDesc>city.name</elementDesc>• <fldJustify>L</fldJustify>• <posStart>001</posStart>• <posLength>***</posLength>• </elementData>• <elementData>• <elementId>E10.020</elementId>• <elementDesc>state.postal.abbreviation</elementDesc>• <fldJustify>L</fldJustify>• <posStart>***</posStart>• <posLength>***</posLength>• </elementData> • <elementData>• <elementId>E10.025</elementId>• <elementDesc>zip.code</elementDesc>• <fldJustify>L</fldJustify>• <posStart>***</posStart>• <posLength>***</posLength>• </elementData>• …• </contentDefinition>

@10March 2004

POST*Code: Standard S42

Address example: United States of America

Formatted address

CECIL BOB DEMILLE

PRODUCER

2800 N LOS FELICES CIR E UNIT C100

PALM SPRINGS CA 92260-3002

USA

Address elements

10.06/1 CECIL10.06/2 BOB10.08 DEMILLE10.03 PRODUCER14.24 280014.23/1 N14.21 LOS FELICES14.22 CIR14.23/2 E14.31/1 UNIT14.31/2 C10013.16 PALM SPRINGS13.15 CA13.13/1 9226013.13/2 300213.14 USA

@11March 2004

General description:

• flat files, text/ASCII, raw data, TABulator separator, • quarterly updates (included),• all postcodes in the uniform POST*CODE® format

Universal POST*CODE® database

A worldwide postcode database to street level for more than 190 countries when available.

@12March 2004

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

@13March 2004

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

@14March 2004

@post – Aliases by the protected “address”

Unique secret serial numberUnique secret serial number

Mail collect Mail forward

ePMElectronic ID

Change address on-line

@15March 2004

@post - Addresses

The same address as used today!The same address as used today!

Anna.Hansson.storg34.19397-1234@swe.postAnna.Hansson.storg34.19397-1234@swe.post

Anna HanssonAnna HanssonStorgatan 34Storgatan 34S-193 97 BroS-193 97 BroSwedenSweden

Anna HanssonAnna HanssonStorgatan 34Storgatan 34

19397-1234 Bro19397-1234 BroSwedenSweden

@16March 2004

The Z - num

Address

Post box Telephone no

Z - Post*CodeIP Address

The Znum ideá…

@17March 2004

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 comm’s!!

@18March 2004

Standard S-43, ePM, Electr. PostMark

The UPU eDocument standard for electronic signatures and privacy protection.

@19March 2004

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)

@20March 2004

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”

@21March 2004

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

@22March 2004

@23March 2004

@post - Aliases

Unique secret serial numberUnique secret serial number

Mail collect Mail forward

ePMElectronic ID

Change address on-line

@24March 2004

Further information

• Electronic PostMark : S-43, please visit:http://www.globalepost.com/interspec.htm

• POST*code standard : S-42, please visit: http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/addressing_formats.html

• POST*CODE® database: http://www.upu.int/publications/en/post_code_database.shtml

@25March 2004

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. Post*Code 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”

@26March 2004

UPU .post for Universal eServices

Thank You for your attention !!