IBM InfoSphere Global Name Recognition component APIs are
C++ libraries that can be integrated into any C++ application.
All of the component APIs perform an analytical function of a single
name, but NameHunter and DateCompare take two or more things and compare
them. Each of the component APIs are presented in the following list:
- NameClassifier
- The NameClassifier package (com::las_inc::name::classifier) determines
how likely a Personal name is associated with one or more cultures.
- NameGenderizer
- The NameGenderizer package (com::las_inc::name::genderizer) provides
gender distribution statistics for the given-name part of a Personal
name.
- NameParser
- The NameParser package (com::las_inc::name::parser) parses personal
names into their constituent parts (given name and surname).
- NameVariationGenerator
- The NameVariantGenerator package (com::las_inc::name::variant)
produces a list of variant forms of each component of a Personal name.
These alternate spellings are based on patterns of spelling variation
that are typically observed in names from the same cultural or ethnic
background.
- NameSifter
- The NameSifter package (ibmgnr::NameSifter) separates organization
names from personal names.
- NameClassifier-Country of Association (NC_COA)
- The NameClassifier-Country of Association package (ibmgnr::cc
class) uses Country of Association (COA) in conjunction with NameClassifier
to produce highly accurate results for an associated name culture.
- Country of Association (COA)
- The COA package (ibmgnr::coa class) references the data that is
contained in the IBM Name Data Archive (NDA) to list the countries
in which each of the components of a personal name have been observed
to occur.
- NameHunter
- The NameHunter package (LAS::NH) compares pairs of personal and
organization names and also searches lists with these name types.
- DateCompare
- DateCompare (ibmgnr::DateCompare class) compares two date values
and returns a similarity score. DateCompare can only compare dates
in the Gregorian, 12–month calendar.