Output Format Options

Table 1. Validate Global Address Output Format Options

Option

Description

Transliteration

Specifies how to format diacritics in the output address. One of the following:

Retain diacritics
No transliteration is performed. Diacritic characters are left as specified in the input and/or postal database. Default.
Strip diacritics
Diacritic characters are removed and replaced with the equivalent unadorned character.
Transliterate
Diacritic characters are transliterated to an equivalent unadorned character or character sequence using language-specific transliteration rules.

For example, the following shows the effect of each of the three transliteration options on a Swedish address. Note the differences in "Västra Frölunda".

Retain diacritics

Gustaf Wernersgata 12 S-42132 Västra Frölunda

Strip diacritics

Gustaf Wernersgata 12 S-42132 Vastra Frolunda

Transliterate

Gustaf Wernersgata 12 S-42132 Vaestra Froelunda

Include in formatted address output

Specifies which parts of the address to format with the standards of the appropriate country. Validate Global Address parses the input address lines into the components referenced in these options.