Person Name Object Structure

The fields you specify for person name matching in the Master Index wizard are automatically defined for standardization and phonetic encoding. If you specify the PersonFirstName or PersonLastName match type in the wizard, the following fields are automatically added to the object structure and database creation script:

• field_name_Std

• field_name_Phon

  where field_name is the name of the field for which you specified person name matching.

For example, if you specify the PersonFirstName match type for the FirstName field, two fields, FirstName_Std and FirstName_Phon, are automatically added to the structure. You can also add these fields manually if you do not specify match types in the wizard. If you are parsing free-form person data, be sure all output fields from the standardization process are included in the master index object structure. If you store additional names in the database, such as alias names, maiden names, parent names, and so on, you can modify the phonetic structure to phonetically encode those names as well.