IM InfoSphere Identity Insight, Version 8.0

Enhanced name hashing with the IBM Global Name Recognition Name Hasher

The Name Hasher uses IBM Global Name Recognition technology to enhance name hashing by creating variant hashes for each incoming name. The variant name hashes enable entity resolution to use fuzzy name matching during name analysis and scoring.

The following scenarios show the benefits of when you might use the Name Hasher:
  • When much of the data can be matched only on the <NAME> segment
  • When much of the data can be matched only on the <NAME> segment and most of the data does not conform to the Anglo culture first name, middle name, and last name notation

Using the Name Hasher with the Name Manager name scoring algorithm provides the ability to classify names for culture and accurately compare and score names on the candidate list in a culturally-sensitive context.

The Name Hasher is not enabled by default. You use the Configuration Console to enable the Name Hasher and the associated DQM functions.

Attention: Contact IBM Services or Support if you are upgrading from Name Hasher from product versions 8.0 or 4.2, and if you are an existing customer enabling Name Hasher for the first time. In both cases, without assistance from IBM Services or Support, entity resolution of new data fails when compared against the existing data in the entity database.


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Last updated: 2011