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Understanding the Master Index Standardization Engine

Configuring a Normalization Structure for Person Names

The fields defined for normalization for the PersonName data type can include any name fields. By default, normalization rules are defined in the process definition file for first, middle, and last name fields, and you can easily define additional fields. You only need to define a normalization structure for person data if you are processing individual fields that do not require parsing. Follow the instructions under Defining Master Index Normalization Rules in Configuring Sun Master Indexes to define fields for normalization. For the standardization-type element, enter PersonName. For a list of field IDs to use in the standardized-object-field-id element, see Person Name Standardization Components.

A sample normalization structure for person data is shown below. This sample specifies that the PersonName standardization type is used to normalize the first name, alias first name, last name, and alias last name fields. For all name fields, both United States and United Kingdom domains are defined for standardization.


<structures-to-normalize>
   <group standardization-type="PersonName"
    domain-selector="com.sun.mdm.index.matching.impl.MultiDomainSelector">
      <locale-field-name>Person.PobCountry</locale-field-name>
      <locale-maps>
         <locale-codes>
            <value>UNST</value>
            <locale>US</locale>
         </locale-codes>
         <locale-codes>
            <value>GB</value>
            <locale>UK</locale>
            </locale-codes>
      </locale-maps>
      <unnormalized-source-fields>
         <source-mapping>
            <unnormalized-source-field-name>Person.FirstName
            </unnormalized-source-field-name>
            <standardized-object-field-id>FirstName
            </standardized-object-field-id>
         </source-mapping>
         <source-mapping>
            <unnormalized-source-field-name>Person.LastName
            </unnormalized-source-field-name>
            <standardized-object-field-id>LastName
            </standardized-object-field-id>
         </source-mapping>
      </unnormalized-source-fields>
         <normalization-targets>
            <target-mapping>
               <standardized-object-field-id>FirstName
               </standardized-object-field-id>
               <standardized-target-field-name>Person.FirstName_Std
               </standardized-target-field-name>
            </target-mapping>
            <target-mapping>
               <standardized-object-field-id>LastName
               </standardized-object-field-id>
               <standardized-target-field-name>Person.LastName_Std
               </standardized-target-field-name>
            </target-mapping>
         </normalization-targets>
      </group>
   <group standardization-type="PersonName" domain-selector=
     "com.sun.mdm.index.matching.impl.MultiDomainSelector">
      <locale-field-name>Person.PobCountry</locale-field-name>
      <locale-maps>
         <locale-codes>
            <value>UNST</value>
            <locale>US</locale>
         </locale-codes>
         <locale-codes>
            <value>GB</value>
            <locale>UK</locale>
         </locale-codes>
      </locale-maps>
      <unnormalized-source-fields>
         <source-mapping>
            <unnormalized-source-field-name>Person.Alias[*].FirstName
            </unnormalized-source-field-name>
            <standardized-object-field-id>FirstName
            </standardized-object-field-id>
         </source-mapping>
         <source-mapping>
            <unnormalized-source-field-name>Person.Alias[*].LastName
            </unnormalized-source-field-name>
            <standardized-object-field-id>LastName
            </standardized-object-field-id>
         </source-mapping>
      </unnormalized-source-fields>
      <normalization-targets>
         <target-mapping>
            <standardized-object-field-id>FirstName
            </standardized-object-field-id>
            <standardized-target-field-name>
            Person.Alias[*].FirstName_Std
            </standardized-target-field-name>
         </target-mapping>
         <target-mapping>
            <standardized-object-field-id>LastName
            </standardized-object-field-id>
            <standardized-target-field-name>
            Person.Alias[*].LastName_Std
            </standardized-target-field-name>
         </target-mapping>
      </normalization-targets>
   </group>
</structures-to-normalize>