2020Q1.1 Minor Release

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The 2019Q4.1 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 and the Local API. If you need any assistance with the upgrade of the Local API or the data update process, please contact the Loqate Support Team.

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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 = 17 countries (new PDH: Ireland, Angola, and Slovakia)
  • Lexicons = 5 countries
  • Context Rules = 2 countries
COUNTRY NAME ISO CODE CONTEXT RULES LEXICONS REFERENCE DATA
ANGOLA AO X X PDH
AMERICAN SAMOA AS X
CANADA CA X
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF FM X
UNITED KINGDOM GB X
GUERNSEY GG X
GUAM GU X
IRELAND IE X X PDH
ISLE OF MAN IM X
JERSEY JE X
LUXEMBOURG LU X
MARSHALL ISLANDS MH X
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS MP X
PUERTO RICO PR X
PALAU PW X
SLOVAKIA SK X PDH
UNITED STATES US X X
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. VI X