Algorithm function descriptions

InfoSphere® MDM uses algorithms to analyze member records whenever a search, update, bulk cross match, or weight generation is executed. The algorithms use functions to direct the processes of member data standardization, bucketing of candidates (members), and comparison of members.

The Composite Algorithm Functions feature enables InfoSphere MDM Workbench to display plain English function names for standardization, bucketing and comparison functions. Information about enabling this feature is found in the Classic or composite algorithm function names topics. One or more properties are required to configure the composite algorithm. The tables in this topic provide mapping information between the composite and classic functions and the InfoSphere MDM Workbench properties used to configure them.

Note: The functions listed in this chapter might not be a complete list.

Table 1. Composite-to-classic standardization function Map
Composite Function	Classic Name	Type/Region	Include source
Abstract Code	ABSCODE
Date	DATE1 AGE GRDATE DATE2	Standard Age Fixed Range Partial
Attribute	ATTR ATTRA ATTRN	Alphanumeric Alphabetic Numeric
Phone	PHONE1 PHONE2 INTPHONE AUSPHONE PHONEEND	North America Full International Australia Last Digits
Postal Code	USZIP CNZIP NAZIP UKZIP INTZIP AUSTPOST	United States Canada North America United Kingdom International Australia
Name	CXNM CJKCXNM PXNM UCFREQXNM BXNM	Company Company Unicode Person Person Unicode Provider
Address	USADDR USADDR2 UKADDR2 NAADDR2 INTADDR2 CNADDR CNADDR2 UCSFREQADDR	United States United States - Expanded United Kingdom North America International Canada Canada - Expanded Universal Character Set
Email Address	EMAIL
Biometric	RACE EYECOLOR HAIRCOLOR HEIGHT WEIGHT	Race Eye Color Hair Color Height Weight
Geocode	GEO
Identity	IDENT1 IDENT1A IDENT1N	Alphanumeric Alphabetic Numeric	false
Identity	IDENT2 IDENT2A IDENT2N	Alphanumeric Alphabetic Numeric	true
Multiple Attribute	MULTIDIM
Passthrough	PASSTHRU

Table 2. Composite-to-classic comparison function mapping
Composite Name	Classic Name	Type	Kind
String Pair	ATTR2S
Address & Phone	AXP
Name	PXNM QXNM CXNM CXNM_CS BXNM	Person Person (comprehensive) Company Company (context sensitive) Provider
Date	DATE DATE2 DOBA	Date Date or Age Date or Year
Edit Distance	DR1D1A_SRC DR1D1B_SRC DR1D1C_SRC DRxDyA * DRxDyB * DRxDyC *	Simple Quick Full *A corresponds to Simple, B corresponds to Quick, and C corresponds to Full	1 Role, 1 Dimension with source check 1 Role, 1-4 Dimensions 2 Role, 1 Dimension 3 Role, 1 Dimension 4 Role, 1 Dimension * x corresponds to the number of roles, and y corresponds to the number of dimensions
Equivalency	EQVD EQVN	Alphanumeric Numeric
False Positive Filter	FPF FPF2	Expanded=false Expanded=true
Geocode	GEO
Height & Weight	HXW
US ZIP code	USZIP

Table 3. Composite-to-classic bucketing function mapping
Composite Name	Classic Name	Type
Address	ADDR2
Attribute	ATTR
Name	PXNM CXNM BXNM	Person Company Provider
Date	DATE