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Upgrading to Sun Master Index

ProcedureTo Update Standardization Engine Files

  1. If any Address or Business Name files were customized in the Repository-based project, copy the text of those files and paste it into the corresponding service-enabled files, replacing the existing text.

    File names have changed as indicated in the following table. Any Address or Business Name files not listed here have the same name in both versions. Make sure you when you update the files that you update the correct country set.

    Repository-Based File Name 

    Service-Enabled File Name 

    addressClueAbbrev*.dat 

    clues.dat 

    addressMasterClues*.dat 

    masterClues.dat 

    addressPatterns*.dat 

    patterns.dat 

    addressConstants*.cfg 

    Obsolete 

    addressInternalConstants*.cfg 

    Obsolete 

    addressOutPatterns.dat 

    Obsolete 

    bizConstants.cfg 

    Obsolete 

    bizRemoveSpecChars.dat 

    Obsolete 

  2. If any Person Name files were customized in the Repository-based project, do one of the following:

    • Manually make the changes to the service-enabled version.

      File names have changed for this release, as indicated in the following table. The following files are obsolete: personNamePatt.dat, personConstants.cfg, personFirstNameDash.dat, personRemoveSpecChars.dat, personThree*.dat, personTwo*.dat, personLastNamePrefix*.dat, and personConjon*.dat.

      Repository-Based File Name 

      Service-Enabled File Name 

      personFirstName*.dat 

      givenNameNormalization.txt and givenName.txt 

      personGenSuffix*.dat and person.OccupSuffix*.dat 

      generationNormalization.txt and generation.txt 

      personTitle.dat 

      titleNormalization.txt and title.txt 

    • Copy the text from the Repository-based files and paste it into the corresponding service-enabled files, replacing the existing text. Make sure to copy the text into the correct country files. Then reformat the file based on the new two-column format, as shown below:


      STEVE|STEPHEN
STEWART|STUART
STEW|STUART
STU|STUART
SUE|SUSAN
SULLY|SULLIVAN
      Note –

      For more information about the new standardization files, see FSM–Based Person Name Configuration, in Understanding the Master Index Standardization Engine.

  3. You can customize the following new Person Name files: salutationNormalization.txt, salutation.txt, surnameNormalization.txt, and surname.txt.