Sun Match Engine Data Types

You can standardize and match on different types of data with the Sun Match Engine. In its default implementation with a master index application, the match engine supports data standardization and matching on the three primary types of data listed below.

• Person Information (described in Sun Match Engine and the Sun Match Engine)

• Street Addresses (described in Sun Match Engine Person Data Type Configuration)

• Business Names (described in Sun Match Engine Address Data Type Configuration)

In addition, the Sun Match Engine provides comparison functions for matching on various types of fields contained within the primary data types, such as numbers, dates, Social Security Numbers, single characters, and so on.

When processing person information, the match engine assumes that each match field is stored in a separate field. For street address and business name processing, the match engine can parse free-form text fields for searching and matching. Each data type requires specific customization to the Match Field file in the master index project.