Terms used
This table lists the main terms used in this specification
Term | Description |
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Subscriber | An organisation (or system that is operating on behalf of an organisation) that is seeking to access data from the Discovery service |
Candidate address | The address string submitted by a user or a subscriber system for matching |
UPRN | Unique property reference number as supplied by the ordnance survey organisation |
Address based premium | The set of databases as provided by the Ordnance survey holding the UPRNs and several addresses for each |
Equivalent match | The UPRN is deemed to be equivalent to the property as described by the submitted address |
Sibling match | The UPRN is assigned to a property nearby e.g. next door |
Sub-property match | The UPRN is assigned to a “higher level property than the submitted address.
For example if the submitted address wasflat 1 and the UPRN was assigned to flat then this would be a supra-property match |
Sub property match | The UPRN is assigned to a lower levelproperty than the submitted address.
For example if the submitted address was flat 1 and the UPRN was assigned to flat 1 a then this would be a sub property match |
DPA file | The Post office Delivery point address file |
LPI file | The Local Property identifier file |