2020Q1.0 Major Release

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The 2020Q1.0 release makes improvements to the performance of the verification process and the quality of the results. Please remember to update the reference data. The improvements are tied to the data in the Global Knowledge Repository and the Local API. If you need any assistance with the upgrade of the Local API or the data update process, please contact GBG Loqate Support.The md5checksum can be used to help ensure the datapacks have been fully downloaded.

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Knowledge Base & Reference Data Updates

The table below shows which countries have been updated, and how, in this release.

If there is a PDH in the reference data column, this shows a country was included in the country improvement project.

  • Reference Data = 176
  • Lexicons = 9
  • Context Rules = None
  • New PDH Countries = 4 (Chile, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland)
COUNTRY NAME ISO CODE CONTEXT RULES LEXICONS REFERENCE DATA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AG X
ANGUILLA AI X
ALBANIA AL X
ARMENIA AM X
ANGOLA AO X
AMERICAN SAMOA AS X
AUSTRALIA AU X X
ARUBA AW X
AZERBAIJAN AZ X
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BA X
BARBADOS BB X
BANGLADESH BD X
BURKINA FASO BF X
BENIN BJ X
Saint Barthélemy BL X
BERMUDA BM X
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BN X
BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BO X
BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA BQ X
BAHAMAS BS X
BHUTAN BT X
BELIZE BZ X
CANADA CA X
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS CC X
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CD X
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CF X
CONGO CG X
SWITZERLAND CH X
Côte d’Ivoire CI X
COOK ISLANDS CK X
CHILE CL X PDH
CAMEROON CM X
COSTA RICA CR X
CUBA CU X
CAPE VERDE CV X X
CHRISTMAS ISLAND CX X
CYPRUS CY X
DJIBOUTI DJ X
DOMINICA DM X
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DO X
ALGERIA DZ X
ESTONIA EE X
WESTERN SAHARA EH X
ERITREA ER X
ETHIOPIA ET X
FINLAND FI X X
FIJI FJ X
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) FK X
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF FM X
FAROE ISLANDS FO X
FRANCE FR X
GABON GA X
UNITED KINGDOM GB X
GRENADA GD X
FRENCH GUIANA GF X
GUERNSEY GG X
GHANA GH X
GIBRALTAR GI X
GREENLAND GL X
GAMBIA GM X
GUINEA GN X
GUADELOUPE GP X
EQUATORIAL GUINEA GQ X
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS GS X
GUATEMALA GT X
GUAM GU X
GUINEA-BISSAU GW X
GUYANA GY X
HONDURAS HN X
HUNGARY HU X
ISLE OF MAN IM X
INDIA IN X
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY IO X
IRAQ IQ X
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IR X
JERSEY JE X
KENYA KE X
KYRGYZSTAN KG X
CAMBODIA KH X
KIRIBATI KI X
COMOROS KM X
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS KN X
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KP X
KUWAIT KW X
CAYMAN ISLANDS KY X
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LA X
LEBANON LB X
SAINT LUCIA LC X
LIECHTENSTEIN LI X PDH
SRI LANKA LK X
LIBERIA LR X
LESOTHO LS X
LUXEMBOURG LU X PDH
LIBYA LY X
MOROCCO MA X
MONACO MC X
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF MD X
MONTENEGRO ME X
SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH PART) MF X
MADAGASCAR MG X
MARSHALL ISLANDS MH X
MACEDONIA (NORTH MACEDONIA) MK X
MALI ML X
MYANMAR MM X
MONGOLIA MN X
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS MP X
MARTINIQUE MQ X
MAURITANIA MR X
MONTSERRAT MS X
MALTA MT X
MAURITIUS MU X
MALDIVES MV X
MALAWI MW X
MALAYSIA MY X
NAMIBIA NA X
NEW CALEDONIA NC X
NIGER NE X
NORFOLK ISLAND NF X
NEPAL NP X
NAURU NR X
NIUE NU X
OMAN OM X
PAPUA NEW GUINEA PG X
PAKISTAN PK X
POLAND PL X PDH
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON PM X
PITCAIRN PN X
PUERTO RICO PR X
PALESTINE, STATE OF PS X
PORTUGAL PT X
PALAU PW X
PARAGUAY PY X
Réunion RE X
ROMANIA RO X
RWANDA RW X
SOLOMON ISLANDS SB X
SEYCHELLES SC X
SUDAN SD X
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA SH X
SLOVENIA SI X
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN SJ X
SIERRA LEONE SL X
SENEGAL SN X
SOMALIA SO X
SURINAME SR X
SOUTH SUDAN, REPUBLIC OF SS X
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ST X
EL SALVADOR SV X
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SY X
ESWATINI SZ X
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TC X
CHAD TD X
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES TF X
TOGO TG X
TAJIKISTAN TJ X
TOKELAU TK X
TIMOR-LESTE TL X
TURKMENISTAN TM X
TONGA TO X
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TT X
TUVALU TV X
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TZ X
UKRAINE UA X
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS UM X
UNITED STATES US X X
UZBEKISTAN UZ X
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) VA X
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VC X
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH VG X
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. VI X
VANUATU VU X
WALLIS AND FUTUNA WF X
SAMOA WS X
YEMEN YE X
MAYOTTE YT X
ZAMBIA ZM X
ZIMBABWE ZW X