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Unsupported characters and unsupported dummy characters

Dummy Characters

Dummy characters are assumed to be unintentionally included. The following table does not include every permutation of the stated value. Download complete list.

A property MUST NOT exclusively store the following dummy characters:

ValueException to Rule
No name
UnknownlocationDetails.displayNames[].name
No value
Unnamed
Test
Dummy
Null
Tba
tbd
NA
N/A
None
UndefinedlocationDetails.displayNames[].name
Not Defined
Not Available
Unavailable
Blank
Private
0
Not Applicable
Checked In
assetDetails.captions[].altText
assetDetails.captions[].title
locationDetails.displayNames[].name
locationDetails.locationDescriptions[].descriptions[].text
locationDetails.mainAddress.fullAddress
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.administrativeArea
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.building
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.dependentLocality
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.floor
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.fullThoroughfare
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.locality
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.postCode
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.subAdministrativeArea
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.subLocality
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.subThoroughfare
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.thoroughfare
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.unit
locationDetails.specialHours[].descriptions[].text

HTML ASCII Characters

Entity NameEntity NumberDescription
<<Less-than
>>Greater than
N/A&#\d+;Where \d+ is any numeric value
Checked In
brandDetails.displayNames[].name
locationDetails.displayNames[].name

Escaped Characters

Escaped CharacterNameRule
\rCarriage ReturnMUST NOT be present
\tHorizontal TabMUST NOT be present
\nNewlineRestrictions apply
\"Quotation MarkRestrictions apply

Newline Character

MAY be used to indicate the start of a new line only in cases where multiple lines of text are supported by client devices.

Limited To
locationDetails.locationDescriptions[].descriptions[].text
showcaseCreativeDetails.contents[].descriptions[].text
Location Descriptions Example
{
"locationDescriptions": [
{
"type": "ABOUT",
"descriptions": [
{
"text": "Established in 1984, Malibu Ice Cream handcrafts artisan\nsuper premium ice creams, dairy-free fruit juices and frozen yogurt!\nWe are the home of world famous Mexican Vanilla Ice Cream.\nExplore your favorite flavors at Malibu IceCream.",
"locale": "en"
}
]
}
]
}

Quotation Mark Character

Limited To
assetDetails.captions[].altText
assetDetails.captions[].title
brandDetails.displayNames[].name
brandAssetDetails.altTexts[].text
locationDetails.displayNames[].name
locationDetails.internalNicknames[].name
locationDetails.locationDescriptions[].descriptions[].text
locationDetails.locationKeywords.other[].keyword
locationDetails.locationKeywords.products[].keyword
locationDetails.locationKeywords.services[].keyword
locationDetails.mainAddress.fullAddress
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.building
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.floor
locationDetails.mainAddress.structuredAddress.unit
locationDetails.specialHours[].descriptions[].text
locationDetails.storeCode
showcaseCreative.showcaseCreativeDetails.photo.captions[].altText
showcaseCreativeDetails.contents[][placement='BODY'].descriptions.text
showcaseCreativeDetails.contents[][placement='HEADLINE'].descriptions.text