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'''''CLDXF-US (Civic Location Data Exchange Format - United States)''''' is a United States profile of [[PIDF-LO (Presence Information Data Format - Location Object)|PIDF‑LO]] that defines a set of standard data elements that describe detailed civic location information.

{{RelevantNENADocs}}'''NENA-STA-004''', NENA Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) United States Civic Location Data Exchange Format (CLDXF) Standard

{{External References}}

[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6848 RFC 6848, Specifying Civic Address Extensions in the Presence Information Data Format Location Object (PIDF-LO)]

[https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html ISO 3166 Country Codes]

[https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/Pub28/Pub28.pdf Postal Addressing Standards Publication 28]<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!'''CLDXF Term'''
!'''Definition'''
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| Country||The name of a country represented by its two-letter ISO 3166-1 English country alpha-2 code elements in UPPER CASE letters.
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| State||The name of a state or state equivalent, represented by the two-letter UPPER CASE abbreviation given in USPS Publication 28, Appendix B. A state is a primary governmental division of the United States. 
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| County||The name of a county or county-equivalent where the address is located. A county (or its equivalent) is the primary legal division of a state or territory.
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| Incorporated Municipality||The name of the incorporated municipality or other general-purpose local governmental unit (if any) where the address is located.
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| Unincorporated Community||The name of an unincorporated community, either within an incorporated municipality or in an unincorporated portion of a county, or both, where the address is located.
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| Neighborhood Community||The name of an unincorporated neighborhood, subdivision or area, either within an incorporated municipality or in an unincorporated portion of a county or both, where the address is located.
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| Postal Community Name||A city name for the ZIP Code of an address, as given in the USPS City State file.
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| Postal Code||A system of 5-digit codes that identifies the individual USPS Post Office or metropolitan area delivery station associated with an address.
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|Postal Code Extension
|A system of 4-digit codes that are used after the 5-digit ZIP Code to specify a range of USPS delivery addresses.
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| Street Name Pre Modifier ||A word or phrase that precedes and modifies the Street Name element, but is separated from it by a Street Name Pre Type or a Street Name Pre Directional or both.
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| Street Name Pre Directional||A word preceding the Street Name element that indicates the direction taken by the street from an arbitrary starting point or line, or the sector where it is located.
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| Street Name Pre Type ||A word or phrase that precedes the Street Name element and identifies a type of thoroughfare in a complete street name.
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| Street Name Pre Type Separator||A preposition or prepositional phrase between the Street Name Pre Type and the Street Name. This element is defined in CLDXF as a US specific extension of PIDF-LO per <nowiki>RFC 6848</nowiki>.
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| Street Name||The element of the complete street name that identifies the particular street (as opposed to any street types, directionals, and modifiers).
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| Street Name Post Type||A word or phrase that follows the Street Name element and identifies a type of thoroughfare in a complete street name.
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| Street Name Post Directional ||A word following the Street Name element that indicates the direction taken by the street from an arbitrary starting point or line, or the sector where it is located.
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| Street Name Post Modifier||A word or phrase that follows and modifies the Street Name element and is either separated from it by a Street Name Post Type and/or a Street Name Post Directional.
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|Direction of Travel
|A word which follows all other street name elements and is used only as needed to indicate direction of travel on a divided roadway and associated frontage roads.
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| Address Number Prefix||An identifier in the portion of the complete address number that precedes the integer Address Number ''i''n order to further specify a location along a thoroughfare or within a defined area.
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| Address Number||The integer identifier of a location along a thoroughfare or within a defined community.
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| Address Number Suffix||An identifier in the portion of the complete address number that follows the integer Address Number in order to further specify a location along a thoroughfare or within a defined area.
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|Address Number Complete
|Includes the Address Number Prefix (if any), the Address Number, Address Number Suffix (if any), and any formatting or separator characters needed to display the official version of the complete address number. The Address Number Complete precedes the complete street name to identify a location along a thoroughfare or within a defined area.
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|Distance Marker
|A distance travelled along a route such as a road or highway, indicated by a distance marker sign, typically a post or other marker indicating the distance in miles/kilometers from or to a given point.
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|Site
|The name of an exterior area which is publicly known and unique within a given place. A site may contain one or more structures and/or sub-sites.
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|SubSite
|The name of a sub-area within a larger area specified either by site name, by a thoroughfare address, or both. 
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|Structure
|A built feature which has a vertical dimension, including both conventional buildings which have walls, doors, and a roof, and other kinds of infrastructure such as cell towers, transformer stations, fuel tanks, and so on.
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|Wing
|A designated part of a structure which spans one or many floors, typically including more than one unit or room and representing a significant portion of the structure floor area.
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| Floor||The standardized identifier for a story or level within a structure, wing, or unit.
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|Unit Pre Type
|Part of the complete unit identifier that precedes the Unit Value and indicates the kind of unit.
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|Unit Value
|Part of the complete unit identifier that uniquely identifies a particular unit.
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| Room||A single, distinctly identified, enclosed space within a structure.
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|Section
|An identified, unenclosed area within a structure, wing, unit, or room.
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|Row
|An identified linear feature, such as a linear arrangement of seats, workstations, equipment, or storage, within a structure, wing, unit, or room.
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| Seat||An identified seat, desk, workstation, or similar precise location within a structure, wing, unit, room, section, or row.
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|Additional Location Information
|Information that relates to location but does not meet the definition of any other named location elements.
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|Location Marker
|A uniquely identified and indivisible infrastructure component, smaller than a structure, which exists either within a structure or exterior to any structure, such as an alarm box, a utility pole, a callbox, or other similar feature.
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| Place Type||The type of feature identified by the address.
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