The following is a list of terms that are used in this documentation:
4-State Barcode
The barcode format adopted by Australia Post is called the 4-State barcode. The name is derived from the fact that the bars can only be placed in one of four positions: Tracker on its own, Tracker with Ascender, Tracker with Descender, and Tracker with Ascender and Descender.
Address Matching Approval System (AMAS™)
The Address Matching Approval System (AMAS™) has been developed by Australia Post to improve the quality of addressing. AMAS™ is a software approval program that provides a standard by which to test and measure the quality of address matching software and its ability to append a unique Delivery Point Identifier (DPID) to each address record within a database.
Barcode
A series of bars, which represent letters, numerals, and other human-readable characters which can be deciphered by mail sorting equipment
Barcode Quality Program (BQP)
BQP offers customers the opportunity to check the quality of their barcodes against Post's 4-State barcode acceptance specifications.
Barcode Sorter (BCS)
Mail sorting equipment, which reads a barcode on a piece of mail and sorts the article depending on the information contained within the barcode and a predefined sort plan programmed into the equipment
Country Address Database
QuickAddress Pro v4 and QuickAddress Batch v4 use separate address databases for each supported country. ASI currently supports QAS v4 for use only with v4 country address databases from QAS as they become available for Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom.
Delivery Point Identifier (DPID®)
The DPID is an eight-digit number that is appended to all 8.8 million delivery addresses in Australia which uniquely identifies each delivery point to which Australia Post delivers mail.
FuturePOST
FuturePOST is the name of the business unit within Australia Post responsible for implementing the upgrade of the mail-processing network and letter barcoding.
Metering
Metering is one of two lodgment options available to customers. Meters are new generation franking machines.
Manifesting
Manifesting is one of two lodgment options available to customers. A manifest is the supporting documentation that provides dispersions, volumes, and weight per sort plan for PreSort letter lodgments.
Postal Address File (PAF®)
The PAF is a database built and maintained by Australia Post, which contains the 8.8 million deliverable addresses in Australia and their DPIDs. It is privacy-compliant because it does not hold the names of residents but rather, just the delivery address information.
Presorting
The process whereby a customer sorts their mail according to defined sorting breaks prior to lodgment into the Australia Post Network
PreSort Letters Service
A discounted service available to customers who presort their bulk mail lodgements according to Post's PreSort terms and conditions
10.6 Production Release. Updated 1/17/2006 2:51:24 PM
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