# Using standardization components

Available in...

* Big Data Platform
* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric
* Data Management Platform
* Data Services Platform
* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

Some data quality components enable you to normalize data using user-defined rules. An example component is tStandardizeRow.

Some data quality components enable you to converts human-readable addresses into geographic coordinates. Example components are tGoogleAddressRow and tGoogleGeocoder.

Some data quality components enable you to create synonym indexes against which you can standardize data. Example components are tSynonymSearch and tSynonymOutput.

For further information and example Jobs about the standardization components, see [Data Quality components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/data-quality-components-container).

The data quality demo project has also ready-to-use Jobs that may use standardization components. For further information, see [Importing a data quality demo project](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/importing-data-quality-demo-project).

## Using the standardization components that use external software

Some data quality components let you check data in databases against data in external software such as QAS address software.

For further information about QAS components, see the [QAS address standardization components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/qas-address-standardization).