Name

Match Definition

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 25 characters
Example 1

Sensitivities
90-100
ID Input Cluster
1 鈴木一郎様 1
2 鈴木一郎 1
3 鈴木いちろう 2
4 すずきいちろう 3
5 医学博士すずきいちろう殿 3
6 営業課長スズキイチロウ (一級建築士) 4
7 スズキイチロウ 4
8 Suzuki Ichiro 5
9 Yamagawa Hiroshi 6
The family name and given name are evaluated. Half-width and Full-width Katakana are matched.
Example 2

Sensitivities
85-89
ID Input Cluster ID
1 鈴木一郎様 1
2 鈴木一郎 1
3 鈴木いちろう 2
4 すずきいちろう 3
5 医学博士すずきいちろう殿 3
6 営業課長スズキイチロウ (一級建築士) 3
7 スズキイチロウ 3
8 Suzuki Ichiro 3
9 Yamagawa Hiroshi 4
For sensitivities 85-100, Family Name and Given Name information are evaluated. Half-width and full-width Kana are matched. Hirakana, Katakana, and Romaji are matched.
Example 3

Sensitivities
50-84
ID Input Cluster ID
1 鈴木一郎様 1
2 鈴木一郎 1
3 鈴木いちろう 2
4 すずきいちろう 2
5 医学博士すずきいちろう殿 2
6 営業課長スズキイチロウ (一級建築士) 2
7 スズキイチロウ 2
8 Suzuki Ichiro 2
9 Yamagawa Hiroshi 3
For sensitivities 50-84, Family Name and Given Name information are evaluated. Half-width and full-width Katakana are matched. For Family Name, Hirakana, Katakana, Romaji, and Kanji are matched. For Given Name, Hirakana, Katakana, and Romaji are matched.
Remarks

If this definition is applied to preparsed data, the following input tokens are available:

Family Name
Given Name
Name Suffix
Title/Additional Info

It is recommended that you map a correlating data field to each available token whenever possible.