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Build History

8.4.1.4116

Released on: March 2024

Added

  • New Extras property: ht:tps://wiki.melissadata.com/index.php?title=Global_Name:Response#Extras
  • New result code NE11: https://wiki.melissadata.com/?title=Result_Code_Details#Global_Name

Changed

  • Data sources updated
  • Improved parsing
  • A new response property 'Extras' has been added. This will help parse names such as 'John Brown Building Co', where the 'Building, Co' will now appear in the Extras property with an error result code instead of being parsed into valid name parts with an error result code returned.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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7.4.1.4108

Released on: August 2023

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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7.2.1.4104

Released on: May 2023

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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7.2.1.4100

Released on: February 2023

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated.

Deprecated

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Fixed

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Security

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4.2.1.4095

Released on: November 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Service Error returned for large wordcount inputs fixed.

Security

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4.0.1.4086

Released on: August 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated.
  • Added parsing support for: FI,GR,HR,IE,LU,MX,NZ,NO,PL,RU,SE
  • New option: LegacySalutation will create a formal (Mr/Mrs) salutation from an assigned FirstName gender for US/CAN.
  • International Salutations (non US/CAN) are not returned and are in the development queue.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.1.4084

Released on: May 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated
  • Improved parsing for Portugal, Brazil, Norway

Deprecated

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.1.4082

Released on: May 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated. Beta support for Portugal, Brazil, Norway
  • Improved parsing for supported countries.

Deprecated

  • None

Removed

  • None

Fixed

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes in unsupported countries and rare cases.

Security

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4.0.1.4080

Released on: April 2022

Added

  • None

Changed

  • Data sources updated
  • Improved parsing for supported countries

  • To use salutation suffix where a leading space is desired, preface the suffix with the underscore character, which the service will convert to a space. For Example:

    • &opt=SalutationSuffix:_and family returns John Smith and family.
    • &opt=SalutationSuffix:and family returns John Smithand family.

    Look for a permanent fix in the next release

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes in unsupported countries and rare cases.

Security

  • None

4.0.1.4076

Released on: December 2021

Added

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Changed

  • Data sources updated

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed crash when input name contained some special characters

Security

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4.0.1.4074

Released on: July 2021

Added

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Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

  • Beta endpoint (globalname-beta.melissadata.net) is disabled now that the service is live.

Fixed

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Security

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4.0.1.4072

Released on: June 2021

Added

  • Added request property – Country
  • Added Response properties – NickName, NickName2, Professional Title, Professional Title2, and Salutation have been added.
  • Option Salutation Order added – based on the format of the input name, the service will attempt to return the desired salutation type.

Changed

  • The underlying service and backend data have been completely rebuilt. Supplying an input Country property to the request with the new backend developments will enable more accurate name parsing for recognized countries, cultures, and languages.
  • *ption NameHints : 2,3,5, and 6 – are deprecated and will resolve to varying (NameHint:4)
  • Option NameHints : 8 and 9 - are obsolete and will resolve to varying (NameHint:4)
  • Option Middle name logic – is now ignored. Middle name logic will be determined by the supplied Country, enabling simultaneous processing of records from different countries.
  • SOAP does not use the new properties and option.

Deprecated

  • Unicode support. We now support Unicode name requests. Result code NE08 is deprecated.
  • HTTP protocol usage is deprecated.

Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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3.0.0.12

Released on: May 2015

Added

  • Added UTF8 detection, input/output support, and corresponding error Result Code (NE08)
  • Added German prefixes / suffixes

Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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3.0.0.5

Released on: September 2014

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Deprecated

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Fixed

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Security

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Past Announcements

Global Name Update Notice - May 30, 2021

Update Notice link can be found here.