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Understanding the Master Index Standardization Engine

Configuring Phonetic Encoding for Person Names

When you specify a first, middle, or last name field for person name matching in the Master Index wizard, that field is automatically defined for phonetic encoding. You can define additional names, such as maiden names or alias names, for phonetic encoding as well. 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 fields defined for phonetic encoding is shown below. This sample converts name and alias name fields, as well as the street name.


<phoneticize-fields>
   <phoneticize-field>
      <unphoneticized-source-field-name>Person.FirstName_Std
      </unphoneticized-source-field-name>
      <phoneticized-target-field-name>Person.FirstName_Phon
      </phoneticized-target-field-name>
      <encoding-type>Soundex</encoding-type>
   </phoneticize-field>
   <phoneticize-field>
      <unphoneticized-source-field-name>Person.LastName_Std
      </unphoneticized-source-field-name>
      <phoneticized-target-field-name>Person.LastName_Phon
      </phoneticized-target-field-name>
      <encoding-type>NYSIIS</encoding-type>
   </phoneticize-field>
   <phoneticize-field>
      <unphoneticized-source-field-name>Person.Alias[*].FirstName_Std
      </unphoneticized-source-field-name>
      <phoneticized-target-field-name>Person.Alias[*].FirstName_Phon
      </phoneticized-target-field-name>
      <encoding-type>Soundex</encoding-type>
   </phoneticize-field>
   <phoneticize-field>
      <unphoneticized-source-field-name>Person.Alias[*].LastName_Std
      </unphoneticized-source-field-name>
      <phoneticized-target-field-name>Person.Alias[*].LastName_Phon
      </phoneticized-target-field-name>
      <encoding-type>NYSIIS</encoding-type>
   </phoneticize-field>
   <phoneticize-field>
      <unphoneticized-source-field-name>Person.Address[*].AddressLine1_StName
      </unphoneticized-source-field-name>
      <phoneticized-target-field-name>Person.Address[*].AddressLine1_StPhon
      </phoneticized-target-field-name>
      <encoding-type>NYSIIS</encoding-type>
   </phoneticize-field></phoneticize-fields>