Common physical address with purpose entries

Question

In the CDS CommonPersonDetail schema, there is an array of CommonPhysicalAddressWithPurpose. The description in the array states:

"Must contain at least one address. One and only one address may have the purpose of REGISTERED. Zero or one, and no more than one, record may have the purpose of MAIL. If zero then the REGISTERED address is to be used for mail"

When sharing the PHYSICAL address of a customer, is it mandatory to share one MAIL or one REGISTERED address, or can all the addresses be OTHER or PHYSICAL only?

This can be interpreted as only one address can be REGISTERED but does not say that an address has to be REGISTERED. So, at least one CommonPhysicalAddressWithPurpose is mandatory but its purpose can have any of the valid values. Is this correct?

See:

• CDS CommonPersonDetail
• CDS CommonPhysicalAddressWithPurpose

Answer

Yes, it is mandatory to supply at least one address in CommonPersonDetail. It can have any of the enumerated values for purpose. 

The standards require that no more than one address is marked as REGISTERED. The standards do not require an address marked as REGISTERED.

REGISTERED and MAIL purpose addresses are not mandatory.

There can be a maximum of one REGISTERED address.

There can be a maximum of one MAIL address.