{"id":5254,"date":"2022-11-12T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serviceobjects.wpaladdin.com\/?page_id=5254"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:05:04","slug":"dots-name-validation-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-name-validation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTS Name Validation 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5254\" class=\"elementor elementor-5254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67900b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f67900b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe83dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fe83dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3608469b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3608469b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DOTS Name Validation 2 is an XML and JSON RESTful web service that provides information about a person\u2019s name. With DOTS Name Validation 2, users can validate names, verify name accuracy, fix unordered names and return gender information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b813d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b813d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389d24a9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"389d24a9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e551bc8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e551bc8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4e3ce elementor-view-framed elementor-shape-rounded elementor-position-top 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Basics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290ed91e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"290ed91e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Integrating Usage Reports into your application should be easy and straightforward. If you are using a common platform, such as asp, vb, C# .NET, PHP and others, Service Objects may already have sample code built that you can use:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-usage-report\/ur-code-snippets-and-sample-code\/\">UR \u2013 Code Snippets and Sample Code<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>However, if you are using a common platform that does not already have sample code, you can ask Service Objects to build an example for you. Email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@serviceobjects.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support@serviceobjects.com<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>Web Service Structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Web services provide a standard interface to encapsulate tricky business logic. They allow simple integration of applications via the web. Service Objects has followed web services best practices and come up with some of its own standards to ensure that its web services are as easy to integrate and as accessible as possible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>The host path, or physical location of the web service is here:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/ur\/usagereports.asmx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/ur\/usagereports.asmx<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>The location of the WSDL, or Web Service Definition Language document, is here:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/ur\/usagereports.asmx?WSDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/trial.serviceobjects.com\/ur\/usagereports.asmx?WSDL<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb07a6c wp-block-group is-style-card-note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3eb07a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Important Note!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>SOAP is done via POST, only with special XML markup in the post-body.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-557c8f61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"557c8f61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The WSDL is an XML document that defines the interaction web service, meaning its inputs, outputs, operations, and the like. 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