Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services (c. 1089)

ANNEX II U.K. REQUIREMENTS FOR SPATIAL DATA THEMES LISTED IN ANNEX I TO DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC

5. ADDRESSES U.K.

5.5. Theme-specific Requirements U.K.

5.5.1. The Address Position U.K.

1. In the data set, the position of the address shall be represented by the coordinates of the actual location with the best available accuracy. This will be the most precise directly captured coordinates or, if none exist, then coordinates derived from one of the address components, with priority given to the component that allows the position to be most accurately determined. U.K.

2. If an address has more than one position, the specification attribute shall be populated with a different value for each of these. U.K.

5.5.2. Association roles U.K.

1. The withinScopeOf association role shall be populated for all locators which are assigned according to rules that seek to ensure unambiguousness within a specific address component (that is thoroughfare name, address area name, postal descriptor or administrative unit name). U.K.

2. The association role parentAddress shall be populated for all addresses which are connected to a parent (or main) address. U.K.

3. An address shall have an association to the name of the country in which it is located. Furthermore, an address must have associations to the additional address components necessary to the unambiguous identification and location of the address instance. U.K.