National Address Management Framework (NAMF)
Overview
The National Address Management Framework (NAMF) is a national, coordinated approach to address management. It is a consistent, standards-based framework which will guide the process for verifying addresses and provide a standard for exchange of address data.
Provision of a more reliable and consistent interpretation of Australian postal and location addresses through the application of a nationally-consistent set of guidelines that will provide a greater degree of accuracy than is possible with current address validation systems. This will be achieved with the implementation of a NAMFcompliant solution.
It is a technical framework – a federated model – that provides standards that improve
the interoperability of address information.
NAMF will call up a number of different data sets, which will form a single authoritative data source, which will be used to validate the accuracy of addresses.
This authoritative data source will form the single point of truth for users of a NAMFcompliant framework to validate addresses.
NAMF makes address management and operations more efficient and accurate. It is not a supply-side strategy. Rather, it is a ‘best practice’ guideline focused on improving the quality of address resources used by governments at all levels.
Why is NAMF needed?
Inaccurate and fraudulent mailing addresses are costing Australians millions of dollars every year. Inaccurate and unreliable location address has a financial and human cost, particularly in despatch of police, fire and ambulance in emergency situations. These costs are increasing as the range and use of digital address information increases.
The opportunity costs of not maximising the value of address for service planning, delivery and reporting is increasing as government service delivery becomes increasingly digitally based. As identity management becomes increasingly necessary for emergency management/counter-terrorism, and for service delivery, the need for address management as part of identity is becoming apparent.
More Information
Visit the ANZLIC (the Spatial Information Council) website [
] for more information on the NAMF.
Contact for information on this page: National Service Improvement