Understanding the Master Index Standardization Engine

Configuring Phonetic Encoding for Address Data

When you match or standardize on street address fields, the street name should be specified for phonetic conversion (this is done by default in a master index application). Follow the instructions under Defining Phonetic Encoding for the Master Index in Configuring Sun Master Indexes to define fields for phonetic encoding.

A sample of the phoneticize-fields element is shown below. This sample only converts the address street name. You can define additional fields for phonetic encoding.


<phoneticize-fields>
   <phoneticize-field>
      <unphoneticized-source-field-name>Person.Address[*].StreetName
      </unphoneticized-source-field-name>
      <phoneticized-target-field-name>Person.Address[*].StreetName_Phon
      </phoneticized-target-field-name>
      <encoding-type>NYSIIS</encoding-type>
   </phoneticize-field>
</phoneticize-fields>