6.1 Identifier preparation

The following identifiers are prepared for use in the individual and Entity matching process: For Identifier preparation, Vessel and Aircraft come under Entity.

Table 6-2 Individual and Entity Identifier Preparation

Identifier Description	Standard prepared attribute name	Summary of preparation logic
Individual Given Names	dnGivenNames	A space-separated list of the first and middle names of the individual, after normalization (see the name normalization section, below).
Individual Family Name	dnFamilyName	A normalized version of the family name (see the name normalization section, below).
Individual Full Name	dnFullName	A concatenation of the given names and family name, separated using spaces.
Original Script Name	dnOriginalScriptName	A whitespace normalized version of the original script name.
dnCity	dnCity	A pipe-separated list of cities associated with the individual data.
dnAddressCountryCode	dnAddressCountryCode	A space separated list of standard 2- character country codes.
dnEntityName	dnEntityName	The original entity name, after Name Normalization.

The following sections describe the data preparation strategy for each of these identifiers.