The address master clues file (masterClues.dat) lists common terms in street addresses as defined by the United States Postal Service (USPS), the United Kingdom’s Royal Mail, the Australian Postal Corporation, or France’s La Poste (depending on the variant in use). For each common term, this file specifies a normalized value, defines postal information, and categorizes the terms into street address component types. A term can be categorized into multiple component types.
The syntax of this file is:
ID-number common-term normalized-term short-abbrev postal-abbrev CFCCS type-token usage-flag postal-flag
You can modify or add entries in this table as needed. The following table describes the columns in the address master clues file.
Table 5 Address Master Clue File Columns
Column |
Description |
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A unique identification number for the address common term. This number corresponds to an ID number for the same term in the address clues file. |
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common-term |
A common address term, such as Park, Village, North, Route, Centre, and so on. |
normalized-term |
The normalized version of the common term. |
short-abbrev |
A short abbreviation of the common term. |
postal-abbrev |
The standard postal abbreviation of the common term. |
CFCCS |
The census feature class code of the term (as defined in the Census Tiger® database). The following values are used:
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type-token |
The type of address component represented by the common term. Types are specified by an address token (for more information, see Address Type Tokens). |
usage-flag |
A flag indicating how the term is used (for more information, see Pattern Classes) |
postal-flag |
The standard postal code for the term. |
Following is an excerpt from the US address master clues file.
11Alley Alley Al Aly A TY R U 12Alternate Route Alt Rte Alt Alt A TY R 15Arcade Arcade Arc Arc A TY R U 16Arroyo Arroyo Arryo ArryHA TY R 17Autopista Atpta Apta AptaA TY R 18Avenida Avenida Ava Ava A TY R 19Avenue Avenue Ave Ave A TY R U 26Boulevard Blvd Blvd BlvdA TY R U 32Bulevar Blvr Blv Blv A TY R 33Business Route Bus Rte BusRt BsRtA TY R 34Bypass Bypass Byp Byp A TY R U 36Calle Calle Calle ClleA TY R 37Calleja Calleja Cja Cja A TY R 38Callejon Callej Cjon CjonA TY R 39Camino Camino Cam Cam A TY R 47Carretera Carrt Carr CarrA TY R 48Causeway Cswy Cswy CswyAH TY R U 51Center Center Ctr Ctr DA TY R U |