---
id: "postindex"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: true
categories: ["geo", "pii", "common"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 50
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/postindex"
---

# Postal code/index (`postindex`)

Postal index/code, unique post identifier used in address

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Personally identifiable information (pii), Common (common)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical
- Patterns: `ad_postcode`, `af_postcode`, `al_postcode`, `ar_postcode`, `at_postcode`, `au_postcode`, `az_postcode`, `ba_postcode`, `bb_postcode`, `bd_postcode`, `be_postcode`, `bg_postcode`, `bh_postcode`, `bn_postcode`, `br_postcode`, `bt_postcode`, `by_postcode`, `ca_postcode`, `ch_postcode`, `cl_postcode`, `co_postcode`, `cu_postcode`, `cv_postcode`, `cy_postcode`, `cz_postal_code`, `de_postcode`, `dk_postcode`, `do_postcode`, `dz_postcode`, `ec_postcode`, `ee_postcode`, `espostcode`, `et_postcode`, `fi_postcode`, `fm_postcode`, `frpostcode`, `ge_postcode`, `gg_postcode`, `gn_postcode`, `gr_postcode`, `gt_postcode`, `gw_postcode`, `hn_postcode`, `hr_postcode`, `ht_postcode`, `hu_postcode`, `ie_postcode`, `il_postcode`, `im_postcode`, `in_postcode`, `iq_postcode`, `ir_postcode`, `is_postcode`, `it_postcode`, `je_postcode`, `jo_postcode`, `jp_postcode`, `ke_postcode`, `kg_postcode`, `kh_postcode`, `kw_postcode`, `kz_postal_code`, `la_postcode`, `lb_postcode`, `li_postcode`, `lk_postcode`, `lr_postcode`, `ls_postcode`, `lt_postcode`, `lu_postcode`, `lv_postcode`, `ma_postcode`, `mc_postcode`, `md_postcode`, `me_postcode`, `mg_postcode`, `mh_postcode`, `mk_postcode`, `mm_postcode`, `mn_postcode`, `mt_postcode`, `mu_postcode`, `mv_postcode`, `mx_postcode`, `my_postcode`, `mz_postcode`, `na_postcode`, `ne_postcode`, `ng_postcode`, `ni_postcode`, `no_postcode`, `np_postcode`, `nz_postcode`, `om_postcode`, `pe_postcode`, `pg_postcode`, `ph_postcode`, `pk_postcode`, `pt_postcode`, `pw_postcode`, `py_postcode`, `ro_postcode`, `ruspostalcode`, `sd_postcode`, `se_postcode`, `sg_postcode`, `si_postcode`, `sk_postcode`, `sm_postcode`, `sn_postcode`, `so_postcode`, `sv_postcode`, `sz_postcode`, `tj_postcode`, `tm_postcode`, `tn_postcode`, `tt_postcode`, `tw_postcode`, `ua_postcode`, `ukpostalcode`, `uszipcode`, `uy_postcode`, `uz_postcode`, `va_postcode`, `vc_postcode`, `ve_postcode`, `za_postcode`, `zm_postcode`

## Mappings

- cdm: `means.location.postalCode`
- dpv: `pd:PostalCode`
- fibo: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Places/Addresses/Postcode>
- schema_org: `postalCode`
- wikidata: `P281`

## Metacrafter rules

5 rules: 5 match the field name, 0 match values.

- `postindexknown` (field, `common/geo.yaml`)
- `espostindexknown` (field, `es/es_geo.yaml`)
- `frpostindexbyknown` (field, `fr/fr_geo.yaml`)
- `rupostindex` (field, `ru/ru_geo.yaml`)
- `rupostindexbyknown` (field, `ru/ru_geo.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metabase`
- `metacrafter`
- `metacrafterpro`
- `metadata-guardian`
- `oracledatasafe`
- `powerbi`
- `scrubadub`
- `snowflake`
- `sqldatacatalog`
- `tableau`
- `woodwork`

## Translations

- ru: Почтовый индекс: Индекс почтовой связи

## Sources

- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P281>
- schema.org: <https://schema.org/postalCode>

## Quality

Score 50/100. Missing: longer description, regexp, examples, negative example.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/postindex.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/geo/postindex.yaml>