2012Q2.0 Release Notes

We are pleased to present our 2012Q2.0 release. The main features of this release are:

  • HP-UX, AIX and Solaris ports
  • New Query process functionality
  • Performance improvements

This document describes these changes in greater detail along with things to be aware of and other helpful tips.

API Updates

  • New Query functionality, see support website for details
  • Verify process now internally runs Parse->Match->Format processes, see support website for details
  • Added PreLoadTableList option to allow pre-loading of data tables into memory
  • Added ssException server status to report on caught exceptions

Country Updates

We are continually improving our country data and rules/lexicons to support them. The table below shows which countries have been enhanced, and how, in this release.

Country Name

ISO Code

Context Rules

Lexicons

Reference Data

Address Format
AFGHANISTAN AF

x
ÅLAND ISLANDS AX

x
ALBANIA AL

x
ALGERIA DZ          x

x
AMERICAN SAMOA AS

x
ANDORRA AD          x

x
ANGOLA AO          x

x
ANGUILLA AI

x
ANTARCTICA AQ

x
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AG

x
ARGENTINA AR          x

x
ARMENIA AM          x          x

x
ARUBA AW

x
AUSTRALIA AU          x x

x
AUSTRIA AT          x          x

x

          x
AZERBAIJAN AZ          x          x

x
BAHAMAS BS

x
BAHRAIN BH          x          x

x
BANGLADESH BD

x
BARBADOS BB

x
BELARUS BY          x

x
BELGIUM BE          x

x
BELIZE BZ

x
BENIN BJ

x
BERMUDA BM          x

x
BHUTAN BT

x
BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BO

x
BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA BQ

x
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BA

x
BOTSWANA BW

x
BOUVET ISLAND BV

x
BRAZIL BR          x

x
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY IO

x
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BN          x

x
BULGARIA BG

x
BURKINA FASO BF

x
BURUNDI BI

x
CAMBODIA KH          x

x
CAMEROON CM

x
CANADA CA   x          x

x
CAPE VERDE CV

x
CAYMAN ISLANDS KY

x
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CF          x

x
CHAD TD

x
CHILE CL          x

x
CHINA CN          x  x

x
CHRISTMAS ISLAND CX

x
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS CC

x
COLOMBIA CO          x

x
COMOROS KM          x

x
CONGO CG

x
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CD

x
COOK ISLANDS CK

x
COSTA RICA CR          x

x
CÔTE D’IVOIRE CI

x
CROATIA HR          x

x
CUBA CU

x
CURAÇAO CW

x
CYPRUS CY          x

x
CZECH REPUBLIC CZ          x          x

x
DENMARK DK          x          x

x

          x
DJIBOUTI DJ

x
DOMINICA DM

x
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DO          x

x
ECUADOR EC

x
EGYPT EG

x
EL SALVADOR SV

x
EQUATORIAL GUINEA GQ

x
ERITREA ER

x
ESTONIA EE          x

x
ETHIOPIA ET

x
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) FK

x
FAROE ISLANDS FO          x

x
FIJI FJ

x
FINLAND FI          x     x

x

          x
FRANCE FR          x          x

x
FRENCH GUIANA GF

x
FRENCH POLYNESIA PF

x
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES TF

x
GABON GA

x
GAMBIA GM

x
GEORGIA GE

x
GERMANY DE

x
GHANA GH          x

x
GIBRALTAR GI          x          x

x
GREECE GR          x          x

x
GREENLAND GL

x
GRENADA GD

x
GUADELOUPE GP

x
GUAM GU

x
GUATEMALA GT

x
GUERNSEY GG          x

x
GUINEA GN

x
GUINEA-BISSAU GW

x
GUYANA GY

x
HAITI HT

x
HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS HM

x
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) VA

x
HONDURAS HN

x
HONG KONG HK          x

x
HUNGARY HU          x

x
ICELAND IS

x
INDIA IN

x
INDONESIA ID          x

x
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IR

x
IRAQ IQ

x
IRELAND IE          x

x
ISLE OF MAN IM          x

x
ISRAEL IL

x
ITALY IT          x

x
JAMAICA JM

x
JAPAN JP          x

x

x
JERSEY JE          x

x
JORDAN JO

x
KAZAKHSTAN KZ

x
KENYA KE

x
KIRIBATI KI

x
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
OF		 KP

x
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KR

x
KUWAIT KW          x

x
KYRGYZSTAN KG

x
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LA

x
LATVIA LV          x

x
LEBANON LB          x

x
LESOTHO LS

x
LIBERIA LR

x
LIBYA LY

x
LIECHTENSTEIN LI

x
LITHUANIA LT          x

x
LUXEMBOURG LU

x
MACAO MO

x
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF		 MK

x
MADAGASCAR MG

x
MALAWI MW

x
MALAYSIA MY          x

x
MALDIVES MV

x
MALI ML

x
MALTA MT          x

x
MARSHALL ISLANDS MH

x
MARTINIQUE MQ

x
MAURITANIA MR

x
MAURITIUS MU          x

x
MAYOTTE YT

x
MEXICO MX          x

x
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF FM

x
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF MD

x
MONACO MC          x

x
MONGOLIA MN

x
MONTENEGRO ME          x

x
MONTSERRAT MS

x
MOROCCO MA          x

x
MOZAMBIQUE MZ

x
MYANMAR MM

x
NAMIBIA NA          x

x
NAURU NR

x
NEPAL NP

x
NETHERLANDS NL          x

x

          x
NEW CALEDONIA NC

x
NEW ZEALAND NZ  x

x
NICARAGUA NI          x

x
NIGER NE

x
NIGERIA NG

x
NIUE NU

x
NORFOLK ISLAND NF

x
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS MP

x
NORWAY NO          x

x
OMAN OM

x
PAKISTAN PK          x

x
PALAU PW

x
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED PS

x
PANAMA PA

x
PAPUA NEW GUINEA PG

x
PARAGUAY PY

x
PERU PE          x

x
PHILIPPINES PH          x          x

x
PITCAIRN PN

x
POLAND PL          x          x

x
PORTUGAL PT

x
PUERTO RICO PR

x
QATAR QA

x
RÉUNION RE

x
ROMANIA RO          x

x
RUSSIAN FEDERATION RU          x          x

x
RWANDA RW

x
SAINT BARTHÉLEMY BL

x
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN
DA CUNHA		 SH

x
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS KN

x
SAINT LUCIA LC

x
SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH PART) MF

x
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON PM

x
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VC

x
SAMOA WS

x
SAN MARINO SM

x
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ST

x
SAUDI ARABIA SA          x

x
SENEGAL SN

x
SERBIA RS          x

x
SEYCHELLES SC

x
SIERRA LEONE SL

x
SINGAPORE SG x

x
SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART) SX

x
SLOVAKIA SK          x

x
SLOVENIA SI          x

x
SOLOMON ISLANDS SB

x
SOMALIA SO

x
SOUTH AFRICA ZA          x

x
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH
ISLANDS		 GS

x
SOUTH SUDAN SS

x
SPAIN ES          x          x

x
SRI LANKA LK

x
SUDAN SD

x
SURINAME SR          x

x
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN SJ

x
SWAZILAND SZ

x
SWEDEN SE          x          x

x

          x
SWITZERLAND CH          x

x
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SY          x

x
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA TW

x
TAJIKISTAN TJ

x
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TZ

x
THAILAND TH          x

x
TIMOR-LESTE TL

x
TOGO TG

x
TOKELAU TK

x
TONGA TO

x
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TT          x

x
TUNISIA TN          x

x
TURKEY TR          x          x

x
TURKMENISTAN TM

x
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TC

x
TUVALU TV

x
UGANDA UG

x
UKRAINE UA          x

x
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AE          x          x

x
UNITED KINGDOM GB  x  x

x
UNITED STATES US  x  x

x
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS UM

x
URUGUAY UY          x

x
UZBEKISTAN UZ

x
VANUATU VU

x
VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VE          x

x
VIET NAM VN          x

x
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH VG          x

x
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. VI

x
WALLIS AND FUTUNA WF

x
WESTERN SAHARA EH

x
YEMEN YE

x
ZAMBIA ZM

x
ZIMBABWE ZW

x

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