USPS Domestic Mail Manual

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United States Postal Service publication mailing standards document postal regulation manual

The USPS Domestic Mail Manual is the United States Postal Service’s comprehensive rulebook that defines standards, classifications, and requirements for domestic mail services.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Domestic Mail Manual	2
USPS Domestic Mail Manual canonical	2
USPS commercial pricing guides	1
USPS domestic mailing standards	1
United States international mail to Mississippi	1
United States postal addressing standards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T700009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: USPS Domestic Mail Manual
Context triple: [Media Mail, regulatoryDocument, USPS Domestic Mail Manual]

A. USPS Publication 28
USPS Publication 28 is the United States Postal Service’s official standard for formatting and addressing mail to ensure accurate and efficient delivery.
B. General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union
The General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union are a core legal instrument that set out the detailed organizational, administrative, and procedural rules governing the functioning of the Universal Postal Union and its member countries.
C. United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
D. USPS Retail Ground
USPS Retail Ground is an economical U.S. Postal Service shipping option for sending larger, heavier packages over land within the United States.
E. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: USPS Domestic Mail Manual
Target entity description: The USPS Domestic Mail Manual is the United States Postal Service’s comprehensive rulebook that defines standards, classifications, and requirements for domestic mail services.

A. USPS Publication 28
USPS Publication 28 is the United States Postal Service’s official standard for formatting and addressing mail to ensure accurate and efficient delivery.
B. General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union
The General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union are a core legal instrument that set out the detailed organizational, administrative, and procedural rules governing the functioning of the Universal Postal Union and its member countries.
C. United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
D. USPS Retail Ground
USPS Retail Ground is an economical U.S. Postal Service shipping option for sending larger, heavier packages over land within the United States.
E. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Postal Service publication ⓘ mailing standards document ⓘ postal regulation manual ⓘ
appliesTo	domestic mail ⓘ mailing standards within the United States ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	addressing standards ⓘ eligibility requirements for mail classes ⓘ mailing preparation requirements ⓘ mailing requirements for domestic services ⓘ mailpiece design standards ⓘ postage payment standards ⓘ standards for accepting mail ⓘ standards for classifying mail ⓘ standards for delivering mail ⓘ standards for first-class mail ⓘ standards for marketing mail ⓘ standards for nonprofit mail eligibility ⓘ standards for package services ⓘ standards for periodicals mail ⓘ standards for preparing mail ⓘ standards for priority mail ⓘ standards for processing mail ⓘ standards for retail ground and similar services ⓘ standards for special services ⓘ
hasPublisher	United States Postal Service ⓘ
isLegalAuthorityFor	USPS Domestic Mail Manual self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USPS domestic mailing standards
language	English ⓘ
maintainedBy	United States Postal Service ⓘ
medium	online publication ⓘ printable document ⓘ
publisherAbbreviation	United States Postal Service ⓘ surface form: USPS
regulates	barcoding requirements ⓘ domestic mailing practices ⓘ endorsement and marking requirements ⓘ mailing discounts and eligibility ⓘ mailing documentation requirements ⓘ mailing permit requirements ⓘ presort requirements ⓘ standards for hazardous and restricted materials in domestic mail ⓘ
relatedTo	USPS International Mail Manual ⓘ USPS Publication 28 ⓘ surface form: USPS Postal Operations Manual USPS Publication 28 ⓘ
scope	domestic mail services within the United States ⓘ
shortName	DMM ⓘ
subjectOf	USPS Publication 28 ⓘ surface form: USPS Mailing Standards
updatedBy	United States Postal Service ⓘ
usedBy	mailers in the United States ⓘ mailing industry professionals ⓘ postal employees ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Media Mail → regulatoryDocument → USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ

USPS Publication 28 → relatedTo → USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ

MS → usedIn → USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States international mail to Mississippi

USPS Domestic Mail Manual → isLegalAuthorityFor → USPS Domestic Mail Manual self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: USPS domestic mailing standards

Priority Mail Cubic (commercial pricing method) → documentation → USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ

subject surface form: Priority Mail Cubic

this entity surface form: USPS commercial pricing guides

WY → standardizedIn → USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States postal addressing standards

DMM → fullName → USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ

this entity surface form: Domestic Mail Manual

DMM → acronymFor → USPS Domestic Mail Manual ⓘ