2019Q4.0 Major Release

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The 2019Q4.0 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 = 185 countries (new PDH: Belgium, Greece, India, Turkey)
  • Lexicons = 13 countries
  • Context Rules = 9 countries
COUNTRY NAME ISO CODE CONTEXT RULES LEXICONS REFERENCE DATA
ALBANIA AL      X
ALGERIA DZ      X
AMERICAN SAMOA AS      X
ANGOLA AO      X
ANGUILLA AI      X
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AG      X
ARGENTINA AR   X  
ARMENIA AM      X
ARUBA AW      X
AZERBAIJAN AZ      X
BAHAMAS BS      X
BANGLADESH BD      X
BARBADOS BB      X
BELGIUM BE X X PDH
BELIZE BZ      X
BENIN BJ      X
BERMUDA BM      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
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY IO      X
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BN      X
BURKINA FASO BF      X
BURUNDI BI      X
CAMBODIA KH      X
CAMEROON CM      X
CANADA CA X X  X
CAPE VERDE CV      X
CAYMAN ISLANDS KY      X
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CF      X
CHAD TD      X
CHINA CN   X  
CHRISTMAS ISLAND CX      X
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS CC      X
COMOROS KM      X
CONGO CG      X
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CD      X
COOK ISLANDS CK      X
COSTA RICA CR      X
Côte d’Ivoire CI      X
CROATIA HR      X
CUBA CU      X
Curaçao CW      X
CYPRUS CY      X
CZECH REPUBLIC CZ X X  
DJIBOUTI DJ      X
DOMINICA DM      X
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DO      X
EL SALVADOR SV      X
EQUATORIAL GUINEA GQ      X
ERITREA ER      X
ESTONIA EE      X
ESWATINI SZ      X
ETHIOPIA ET      X
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) FK      X
FAROE ISLANDS FO      X
FIJI FJ      X
FRENCH GUIANA GF      X
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES TF      X
GABON GA      X
GAMBIA GM      X
GEORGIA GE      X
GHANA GH      X
GIBRALTAR GI      X
GREECE GR   X PDH
GRENADA GD      X
GUADELOUPE GP      X
GUAM GU      X
GUATEMALA GT      X
GUERNSEY GG      X
GUINEA GN      X
GUINEA-BISSAU GW      X
GUYANA GY      X
HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS HM      X
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) VA      X
HONDURAS HN      X
HUNGARY HU      X
ICELAND IS      X
INDIA IN X X PDH
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IR      X
IRAQ IQ      X
ISLE OF MAN IM      X
JERSEY JE      X
JORDAN JO      X
KAZAKHSTAN KZ      X
KENYA KE      X
KIRIBATI KI      X
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KP      X
KUWAIT KW      X
KYRGYZSTAN KG      X
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LA      X
LATVIA LV      X
LEBANON LB      X
LESOTHO LS      X
LIBERIA LR      X
LIBYA LY      X
LUXEMBOURG LU      X
MACEDONIA (NORTH MACEDONIA) MK      X
MADAGASCAR MG      X
MALAWI MW      X
MALDIVES MV      X
MALI ML      X
MALTA MT      X
MARSHALL ISLANDS MH      X
MARTINIQUE MQ      X
MAURITANIA MR      X
MAURITIUS MU      X
MAYOTTE YT      X
MEXICO MX X X  
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF FM      X
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF MD      X
MONACO MC      X
MONGOLIA MN      X
MONTENEGRO ME      X
MONTSERRAT MS      X
MOROCCO MA      X
MYANMAR MM      X
NAMIBIA NA      X
NAURU NR      X
NEPAL NP      X
NETHERLANDS NL X    
NEW CALEDONIA NC      X
NIGER NE      X
NIGERIA NG      X
NIUE NU      X
NORFOLK ISLAND NF      X
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS MP      X
OMAN OM      X
PAKISTAN PK      X
PALAU PW      X
PALESTINE, STATE OF PS      X
PAPUA NEW GUINEA PG      X
PARAGUAY PY      X
PITCAIRN PN      X
POLAND PL   X  
PUERTO RICO PR      X
Réunion RE      X
ROMANIA RO      X
RUSSIAN FEDERATION RU 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
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ST      X
SENEGAL SN      X
SERBIA RS      X
SEYCHELLES SC      X
SIERRA LEONE SL      X
SLOVENIA SI      X
SOLOMON ISLANDS SB      X
SOMALIA SO      X
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS GS      X
SOUTH SUDAN, REPUBLIC OF SS      X
SPAIN ES X X  
SRI LANKA LK      X
SUDAN SD      X
SURINAME SR      X
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN SJ      X
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SY      X
TAJIKISTAN TJ      X
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TZ      X
TIMOR-LESTE TL      X
TOGO TG      X
TOKELAU TK      X
TONGA TO      X
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TT      X
TUNISIA TN      X
TURKEY TR X X PDH
TURKMENISTAN TM      X
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TC      X
TUVALU TV      X
UKRAINE UA      X
UNITED KINGDOM GB      X
UNITED STATES US   X  X
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS UM      X
UZBEKISTAN UZ      X
VANUATU VU      X
VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC VE      X
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH VG      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