German Definitions

In the SAS Quality Knowledge Base, the German definitions are shared by all German-language locales. Shared German definitions are described below.

Case Definitions

Proper (Name)
Description	The Proper (Name) case definition propercases names of individuals.
	Input	Output
Examples	JUPP SCHMITZ	Jupp Schmitz
	erna meyer	Erna Meyer
	t.h. Otto	T.H. Otto
Remarks

None.

Name
Description	The Name gender analysis definition determines the gender of a name.
Possible Outputs	M F U
	Input	Output
Examples	Irene Himpsl	F
	Herr M. Kiefer	M
	T. Schmidt	U
Remarks

Field Name
Description	The Field Name identification analysis definition identifies database column names.
Possible Outputs	NAME ORGANIZATION ADDRESS CITY STATE/PROVINCE POSTALCODE COUNTRY PHONE EMAIL DATE UNKNOWN URL GENDER MATCHCODE PERSONAL_ID ORGANIZATION_ID GENERIC_ID COUNTY MARITAL_STATUS
	Input	Output
Examples	Company Name	ORGANIZATION
	Unternehmen	ORGANIZATION
	phone	PHONE
	Telefonnummer	PHONE
	Vorname	NAME
	Family_Name	NAME
Remarks	This definition is recommended to determine the type of data stored in a database column based on the name of the column.

Field Name
Description	The Field Name match definition generates match codes which can be used to cluster records containing database field names.
Max Length of Match Code	15 characters
	Input	Cluster ID
Examples	Company Name	0
	Unternehmen	0
	Telefonnummer	1
	Phone	1
	Vornames	2
	Name	2
Remarks	This definition should be used to find potential matches between database column names. Note: The results listed above reflect the default match sensitivity (85).

Name
Description	The Name match definition generates match codes which can be used to cluster records containing names of individuals.
Max Length of Match Code	20 characters
	Input	Cluster ID
Examples	SCHMIDT FREDERICK	0
	SCHMIDT FREDERICKE	0
	Paul von Heiden	1
	Paul von der Heiden	1
	Karl Heinz Maier-Schmidt	2
	Karl Heinz Schmidt	2
	Hans Jürgen Schmidt	3
Remarks	Note: The results listed above reflect the default match sensitivity (85).

Text
Description	The Text match definition generates match codes which can be used to cluster records containing general text strings.
Max Length of Match Code	15 characters
	Input	Cluster ID
Examples	Data Management	0
Examples	Das Data Management Studio	0
Remarks	Contains generic matching logic only. To be used for strings that do not fit any existing data type. Note: The results listed above reflect the default match sensitivity (85).

Name
Description	The Name parse definition parses names of individuals into a set of tokens.
Output Tokens	Prefix Title Given Name Family Name Suffix Additional Info
	Input	Output Token	Output
Example 1	Herr Dr. Heinz Meyer jun, Bürgermeister	Prefix	Herr
		Title	Dr.
		Given Name	Heinz
		Family Name	Meyer
		Suffix	jun
		Additional Info	Bürgermeister
	Input	Output Token	Output
Example 2	Vincent Paul Hoffmeister, III	Prefix
		Title
		Given Name	Vincent Paul
		Family Name	Hoffmeister
		Suffix	III
		Additional Info
Remarks

Name (Global)
Description	The Name (Global) parse definition parses names of individuals into a globally recognized set of tokens.
Output Tokens	Prefix Given Name Middle Name Family Name Suffix Title/Additional Info
	Input	Output Token	Output
Example 1	Herr Dr. Heinz Meyer jun, Bürgermeister	Prefix	Herr Dr.
		Given Name	Heinz
		Middle Name
		Family Name	Meyer
		Suffix	jun
		Title/Additional Info	Bürgermeister
	Input	Output Token	Output
Example 2	Frau Gräfin Amelia von Thurn und Taxis	Prefix	Frau
		Given Name	Amelia
		Middle Name
		Family Name	von Thurn und Taxis
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info	Gräfin
Remarks	Parse definitions named with the Global keyword use a set of output tokens that is consistent across every locale. Results obtained from these definitions can be stored in the same database fields as the results obtained from definitions of the same name in other locales.

Name (Multiple Name)
Description	The Name (Multiple Name) parse definition parses strings that contain the names of two individuals into a set of tokens.
Output Tokens	Name 1 Name 2
	Input	Output Token	Output
Example 1	Herr und Frau Heinz Meyer	Name 1	Herr Heinz Meyer
Example 1	Herr und Frau Heinz Meyer	Name 2	Frau Meyer
	Input	Output Token	Output
Example 2	Frau Gräfin Amelia von Thurn und Taxis	Name 1	Frau Amelia von Thurn
Example 2	Frau Gräfin Amelia von Thurn und Taxis	Name 2	Herr Heinz Meyer
Remarks

None.

Name
Description	The Name standardization definition standardizes names of individuals.
	Input	Output
Examples	ERNST AUGUST MÜLLER	Ernst August Müller
	Hr Bürgermeister Prof. rer. nat. Ernst Otto,jun.	Herr Prof. rer. nat. Ernst Otto, jun., Bürgermeister
	Hertha Müller, Prof.	Prof. Hertha Müller
	Bürgermeister Ernst Otto	Ernst Otto, Bürgermeister
Remarks

In addition to the definitions listed on this page, all German-language locales also inherit all Global definitions.