[ARCHIVE] State value for international addresses in CommonSimpleAddress schema

Archived 2022-10-11. Content moved to CDS Guide, Data formats - schemas.

Question 

As per the CDR standard, the value for state in the CommonSimpleAddress schema is mandatory and can be 'Free text if the country is not Australia'. Internationally, there are many countries in the world that do not have states as such. Considering this, can the data holder (DH) pass an empty string for countries other than Australia where the value of state is not known or cannot be determined?

Answer 

Yes. See Implementation Guide, Representing addresses.