A data validation list is a set of possible expected results. The advantage of using data validation lists as a field type is to improve recognition results by narrowing the possible answers returned by character recognition in the event of an ambiguity or conflict. An example of a data validation list is a list of two character US State abbreviations, from AL to WY. 

See Define and Edit Data Validation Lists for more information.

MM-DD-YY  MM-DD-YYYY  MM/DD/YY  MM/DD/YYYY 
M-D-YY        MM/DD-YY       M/D-YYYY   MM/DD-YYYY
M/D-YY

DD-MM-YY  DD-MM-YYYY  DD/MM/YY  DD/MM/YYYY
D-M-YY        DD/MM-YY       D/M-YYYY   DD/MM-YYYY
D/M-YY

YY-MM-DD  YYYY-MM-DD  YY/MM/DD       YYYY/MM/DD
YY-M/D        YYYY-M/D        YYYY-MM/DD  YYYY-M-D

The local-name and the domain name will be evaluated separately, using the @ as the delimiter. Each may use any of these ASCII characters:

• Uppercase and lowercase English letters (a-z, A-Z)
• Digits 0 to 9
• Characters ! # $ % & ' * + - / = ? ^ _ ` { | } ~
• Character . (dot, period, full stop) provided that it is not the first or last character, and provided also that it does not appear two or more times consecutively.

A regular expression is a pattern in the form of a string that describes or matches the format of expected results, according to certain rules.  The advantage of using regular expressions as a field type is to improve recognition results by narrowing the possible answers returned by character recognition in the event of an ambiguity or conflict. A number of SmartZone's built-in field types already use regular expressions. For example, US Social Security Number is a regular expression of the form

\d{3}-?\d{2}-?\d{4}

See Regular Expressions for more examples and detailed syntax.

999-99-9999
99-99999
999.99.9999
99.99999
999999999
9999999
999 99 9999
99 99999

HH:MM:SS    HH.MM.SS    HH:MM:SS am/pm   HH.MM.SS am/pm

Where:

• HH is between 00 and 24
• MM is between 00 and 59
• SS, if provided, is between 00 and 59
• am pm, if provided, may be in lower or upper case, with and without a period after each letter.

digits 0-9, ( ), /, EXText

Where phone numbers are formatted with or without the 1 and with or without the area code.

1 (999) 999-9999   (999) 999-9999    999-9999  

1 (999) 999/9999  999-999-9999   999/999/9999  999-999/9999

Use ext, EXT, X, or x as the extension indicator, follow with two to four digits (the extension number) to the right of it.

http://www.name
http://www.name.name
https://www.name
https://www.name.name

Supported extensions include:

• com
• edu
• gov
• net
• any two letter extension.