To Define Fields to be Standardized (XML Editor)

Before You Begin

In object.xml, create the fields that will contain the parsed components of the field to be standardized. For more information, see Adding a Field to the Master Index Object Structure.

1. In the Projects window, expand the Configuration node in the project you want to modify, and then double-click mefa.xml.

   The file opens in the NetBeans XML editor.

2. Scroll to the free-form-texts-to-standardize element in the StandardizationConfig element.

3. Create a new group element in the free-form-texts-to-standardize element, and then define the standardization-type and domain-selector attributes (these are described in Master Index Normalization and Standardization Structure Properties).

   Make sure the new element falls within the free-form-texts-to-standardize element, but outside any existing group tags.

4. If you specified the multiple domain selector for the domain-selector attribute, do the following:

   1. In the group element, create a locale-field-name element and a locale-maps element.

   2. Define the elements described in Master Index Variants Properties).

5. To specify the source fields to standardize, do the following:

   1. If it does not currently exist, create an unstandardized-source-fields element in the appropriate group element (each group element can only include one unstandardized-source-fields element).

   2. For each field standardized by the specified standardization type, create and name a new unstandardized-source-field-name element in the new unstandardized-source-fields element.

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      Note –

      If more than one source field is defined, the fields are concatenated prior to standardization (with a pipe (|) between them for the Master Index Standardization Engine). If you want the fields to be processed separately, you need to create two standardization structures. Source fields are designated by their ePaths.

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6. To specify the destination fields for the standardized data, do the following:

   1. In the group element for which destination fields need to be defined, create a standardization-targets element after the unstandardized-source-fields element.

   2. In the new element, create a target-mapping element for each destination field, and then define the last two elements described in Master Index Standardization Source and Target Field Elements.

7. Save and close the file.

Example 3 Address Standardization Structure

<group standardization-type="Address" domain-selector=
 "com.sun.mdm.index.matching.impl.SingleDomainSelectorUS">
  <locale-field-name>Person.Address[*].CountryCode
  </locale-field-name>
  <locale-maps>
     <locale-codes>
         <value>GB</value>
         <locale>UK</locale>
      </locale-codes>
      <locale-codes>
         <value>UNST</value>
         <locale>US</locale>
      </locale-codes>
      <locale-codes>
         <value>AU</value>
         <locale>AU</locale>
      </locale-codes>
      <locale-codes>
         <value>Default</value>
         <locale>AU</locale>
      </locale-codes>
   </locale-maps>
   <unstandardized-source-fields>
      <unstandardized-source-field-name>Person.Address[*].AddressLine1
      </unstandardized-source-field-name>
      <unstandardized-source-field-name>Person.Address[*].AddressLine2
      </unstandardized-source-field-name>
   </unstandardized-source-fields>
   <standardization-targets>
      <target-mapping>
         <standardized-object-field-id>HouseNumber
         </standardized-object-field-id>
         <standardized-target-field-name>Person.Address[*].HouseNumber
         </standardized-target-field-name>
      </target-mapping>
      <target-mapping>
         <standardized-object-field-id>MatchStreetName
         </standardized-object-field-id>
         <standardized-target-field-name>Person.Address[*].StreetName
         </standardized-target-field-name>
      </target-mapping>
   </standardization-targets>
</group>