Michael,

Actually a great question. 

The OASIS Customer Information Query (CIQ) TC [1] defines an "Extensible
Name and Address Language (xNAL)" standard. In my estimation, this is
the most prevalent such standard.

The OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) TC [2] also defines an
address as part of their transactions.

Lastly, the UN/CEFACT Core Component effort [3] is defining a "Core
Component Library" that is to include such constructs as address.

Hope that helps,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ciq
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ubl
[3] http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-01-a.html

>  Michael Wilson wrote:
>  
>  This is probably a simple stupid question, so here goes.  Is there a
>  standardized definition for the characterics of an address in xml?
>  
>  thank you
>  Michael
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