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Understanding the Sun Match Engine

The Title Category File (personTitle*.dat)

The title category file defines standard forms for titles and classifies each title into a gender category. For example, “Mister” is standardized to “MR” and is classified as male; “Doctor” is standardized to “DR” and is classified as gender neutral. You can add, modify, or delete entries in this file as needed. Use the following syntax.

original-value standardized-form gender-class

Table 14 describes each column of the personTitle*.dat file.

Table 14 Person Title Category File

Column 

Description 

original-value

The original value of the title in the person name field. 

standardized-form 

The standardized version of the original value. A zero (0) in this field indicates that the original value is already in its standardized form. 

If this column contains a title instead of a zero, that title must also be listed in a different entry as an original value with a standardized form of “0”. 

gender-class 

An indicator of the gender with which the title corresponds. The default values are: 

  • N – The title is neither male nor female.

  • F – The title is used for females.

  • M – The title is used for males.

An excerpt from the personTitleUS.dat file appears below. In this excerpt, certain titles, such as DR, GEN, and MISS, are already in their standardized form.


CTO                        0          N
DEAN                       0          N
DIR                        DIRECTOR   N
DIRECTOR                   0          N
DOC                        DR         N
DOCTOR                     DR         N
DR                         0          N
DRS                        0          N
EMERITUS                   0          N
FOUNDER                    0          N
GEN                        0          N
GENERAL                    GEN        N
MANAGER                    0          N
MGR                        MANAGER    N
MISS                       0          F
MISSUS                     MRS        F