IM Relationship Resolution Information Center, Version 4.2

Name Comparator 1.0

This name matching algorithm is designed to work primarily with names consisting of two or three words. It is the default name matching setting for upgrades from version 3.9.0 and earlier.

Name Comparator 1.0 compares two names and then ranks their likeness according to 15 distinct levels of similarity.

Table 1. Name Comparator 1.0 - Levels of precision
Level Description
1 Only First or Last Name Partial Match

EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Joe Smithson

2 Only First or Last Name Exact Match

EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Jonathan Henry Smith

3 Close Hash Match

EXAMPLE: Joe Smith = Joe Snith

4 Only the Last Names are Different, but Out of Order

EXAMPLE: Bob Jacob Smith = Jacob Bob Jones

5 Only the Last Name are Different

EXAMPLE: Bob Jacob Smith = Bob Jacob Jones

6 Standardized Name Match with Some Differences

EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Jonathan Henry Smith

7 Standardized Names Match

EXAMPLE: Joe W Anderson = Joseph Andersen

8 Standardized Match with Exact Last Names, Middle Initial Match, but Out of Order

EXAMPLE: J Bob Smith = Robert J Smith

9 Standardized Match with Exact Last Names, Middle Initial Match

EXAMPLE: Joe W Anderson = Joseph W Anderson

10 Standardized Match with Exact Last Names, but Out of Order

EXAMPLE: Bob Smith = Robert Smith

11 Standardized Match with Exact Last Names

EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Johnny Jake Smith

12 Raw Names Match with middle Initial Match, but Out of Order

EXAMPLE: Joe W. Brown = Will Joe Brown

13 Raw Names Match with Middle Initial Matchces

EXAMPLE: Joe W Anderson = Joe W Anderson

14 Raw Names Match, but Out of Order

EXAMPLE: John Bob Smith = Bob John Smith

15 Raw Names Match

EXAMPLE: Joe William Anderson = Joe William Anderson



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Last updated: 2009