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Box 312 3000 BERNE 15 SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 31 350 3111 Fax: +41 31 350 3110 E-mail: [email protected] Reproduction for sales purposes may be subject to royalty payments or a licensing agreement. ii © UPU 2014 – All rights reserved Contents Foreword ..................................................................................................................................................................... vii Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. viii 1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 1 3 Terms and definitions .................................................................................................................................... 1 3.1 acceptance .................................................................................................................................................... 1 3.2 acceptance location ....................................................................................................................................... 1 3.3 address block ................................................................................................................................................ 2 3.4 address block locator (ABL) .......................................................................................................................... 2 3.5 address rectangle .......................................................................................................................................... 2 3.6 address zone ................................................................................................................................................. 2 3.7 addressee ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 3.8 agent.............................................................................................................................................................. 2 3.9 aggregate; mail aggregate ............................................................................................................................ 3 3.10 aggregate creator .......................................................................................................................................... 3 3.11 allocation domain .......................................................................................................................................... 3 3.12 allocation domain code .................................................................................................................................. 3 3.13 announcement system .................................................................................................................................. 3 3.14 application identifier ....................................................................................................................................... 3 3.15 ascending register ......................................................................................................................................... 3 3.16 asset number ................................................................................................................................................. 3 3.17 attribute.......................................................................................................................................................... 4 3.18 automated data collection (ADC); automatic data capture ........................................................................... 4 3.19 batch .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 3.20 batch identifier ............................................................................................................................................... 4 3.21 billion ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 3.22 bundle ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 3.23 category ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 3.24 channel .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 3.25 code ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 3.26 Code 39 ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.27 Code 128 ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.28 code list ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.29 code list identification code ........................................................................................................................... 5 3.30 code list maintenance agency ....................................................................................................................... 5 3.31 code list responsible agency code ................................................................................................................ 5 3.32 collection........................................................................................................................................................ 5 3.33 consignment .................................................................................................................................................. 5 3.34 containerisation ............................................................................................................................................. 6 3.35 content-piece ................................................................................................................................................. 6 3.36 customer-allocated item identifier ................................................................................................................. 6 3.37 data area title ................................................................................................................................................. 6 3.38 data construct ................................................................................................................................................ 6 3.39 data element .................................................................................................................................................