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      	Option 
				    | Description 
				    | Syntax 
				    | 
|---|---|---|
ABBRMIN 
				    |  Sets the minimum length for an abbreviated match. 
					  Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials 
						  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
ABBRSCR 
				    |  Sets the Score for an abbreviated match. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
ALLWSKIP 
				    |  Allow Skip words when matching to an acronym. 
					  Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
AVERAGE 
				    |  Calculates the average of the original and recalculated Score when 
						 CLIMIT  logic is activated. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMIT 
				    | 
CATSWD 
				    |  When using 
					  CATSW  or 
					 CATSS , this option disables 
					 CATSW  and 
					 CATSS  processing when an Initial to Word match is being processed and the Word is in a 
					 CATSW  or 
					 CATSS  category. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Addressing Word Type 
					  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
CATSWEXT 
				    | When using 
					  CATSW  or 
					 CATSS , this option enables a 100% match if the word pair was the same before editing. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Addressing Word Type 
					  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
CATSWF 
				    |  When using 
					  CATSW  or 
					 CATSS , this option forces 
					 CATSW  and 
					 CATSS  processing to be performed even if 
					 MAJMOD  processing is done. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Addressing Word Type 
					  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
CHARDS 
				    |  Disable 
						 CLIMIT  logic for words which Score above the 
						CHARDS  limit. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMIT 
				    | 
CINITA 
				    |  Allow both initial and multiple concatenations. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation 
						  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
CINITI 
				    |  Allow concatenation of initials. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
CINITM 
				    |  Allow multiple concatenations. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT- 
				    | 
CLN 
				    | Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SORTSCOR 
				    | 
CODEMAXD 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CODESCOR 
				    | 
CODEPOSS 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CODESCOR 
				    | 
CODEWGHT 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CODESCOR 
				    | 
CODEUDIF 
				    | Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
					  Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes 
					  section for further information. 
				   | OPTION CODESCOR 
				    | 
CODEUONE 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CODESCOR 
				    | 
CONC 
				    |  Allow concatenated matches. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
EXACTCAT 
				    | Ignores 
					  CATSW  and 
					 CATSS  option if an exact match exists after formatting. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Addressing Word Type  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
EXACTWRD 
				    |  Causes exact word matches to be retained and not optimized. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type and Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  sections for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
EXACTINI 
				    |  Causes exact initial matches to be retained and not optimized. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
EXACTMCH 
				    |  Switches off early exact match check. Refer to the 
					  Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials 
					  section for further information. 
				   | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
EXCTCODE 
				    |  Codes must match exactly. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type 
						  section for further information. 
					  | XOPT= 
				    | 
FMT 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SORTSCOR 
				    | 
FMTINIT 
				    |  Turn off 
						 FORMATTING-OPTIONS #9 , concatenation of initials. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
GOOD 
				    |  Specifies the Word Score that needs to be achieved for a user-defined Score to be returned. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION REFN 
				    | 
ILOWTRIG 
				    |  Controls the value for a word Score to be considered a match by 
					  INITLOW  processing. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
				   | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
ILOWWRDS 
				    |  Lowers the Score if one or more words match and there are no initial matches. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
INIT 
				    |  Controls how an initial matches against the first letter of a word. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
INITCODE 
				    |  Prevents codes acting as initials. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
INITLOW 
				    |  Disables 
						 INIT  when the non-initial words do not match. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
LIMWCAT 
				    |  Allows the maximum Weight of a word defined by 
						 CATSW  to be less than 10. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Word Type  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
MAJMOD 
				    |  Allows the Score for major word matches to be increased or decreased. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Order  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
MATCHEND 
				    |  Allows a string match (raw compare) to resync at the last character. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
MAXINIT 
				    |  Maximum number of words allowed when matching to an acronym. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
MININIT 
				    |  Minimum number of words allowed when matching to an acronym. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
MOVEMNT 
				    |  Allows finer control over 
						 MAJMOD . Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Word Type 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION MAJMOD 
				    | 
NGRAMC 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SORTSCOR 
				    | 
NGRAMCLV 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SORTSCOR 
				    | 
NGRAMF 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SORTSCOR 
				    | 
NGRAMFLV 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SORTSCOR 
				    | 
NOEXCLST 
				    |  Specify a list of Word-types to be used in 
						 NOEXCESS  processing to give improved matching on concatenated words. Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCLST 
				    | 
NOEXPNTY 
				    |  In 
						 CLIMIT  processing, reduce the score by a value dependent on the difference in the number of tokens between the two 
						CLIMLIST  stacks. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMIT 
				    | 
NOINCR 
				    |  Use the original Score if the new Score is greater than the original Score when 
						 CLIMIT  logic is activated. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMIT 
				    | 
NOORDER 
				    |  Disable Score reduction when words match out of order. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Order 
						  section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
NORAW 
				    |  Disable raw string matching. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling 
						 section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
NORSCORE 
				    |  Controls whether a Score higher than the original Score can be returned from an acronym match. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
NOSTD 
				    |  Disable stabilized word matching. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling 
						 section for further information. 
					  | LOPT= 
				    | 
NSACTF 
				    |  Controls what action to take when 
						 CLIMIT  logic is activated and no new Score can be achieved. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMIT 
				    | 
OPTIMILW 
				    |  Switches off initial/word matching optimization when using 
						 INITLOW . Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
ORIGWORD 
				    |  Option allows comparing the original word as well as edit list replacement. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCAT 
				    | 
ORIGWSCR 
				    |  Allows the Score to be re-calculated on each unformatted word and sets the maximum Score. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
ORIGWTHR 
				    |  Score threshold below which 
						 ORIGWSCR  matching is allowed. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Spelling  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
PARTMTCH 
				    |  This allows part of the acronym to match and a score to be computed relative to the number of initials that matched. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
PENALTY 
				    |  Decrements the Score by the 
						 PENALTY  value for excess words when using the 
					 CONCINIT  option. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
PENALTY 
				    |  Decrements the Score by the 
						 PENALTY  value for excess words when using 
					 NOEXCESS  option. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching 
					  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
PER 
				    |  Compares first and last words and applies the specified penalty if they are different. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Order 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION ORDER 
				    | 
PERFLAG 
				    |  Used to apply finer control to the 
					  PER  option (above). Refer to the 
					 Local Options Addressing Word Order  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION ORDER 
				    | 
PLURALS 
				    |  Allows for a trailing ’S’ on one of the pair of words so as to match 100%. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCAT 
				    | 
POS 
				    |  Set the decrement for out of position processing. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Order 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION ORDER 
				    | 
RAW 
				    |  Performs a raw compare of concatenated words. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCAT 
				    | 
RAWCMPTN 
				    |  Causes raw string compares to be calculated out of 100 instead of 10. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
RAWSTBTH 
				    |  Increases the score by a factor based on the raw and stabilized scores. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
RAWSTBVL 
				    |  Value used in the 
						 RAWSTBTH  calculation. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Spelling 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
RECREF 
				    |  Causes re-calculation of 
						 REFMIN/REFMAX  based on the word types in 
						CLIMLIST . Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMIT 
				    | 
REFCNT 
				    |  Specifies the number of words that must be present to trigger a bonus penalty to be applied via 
						 REFMULT . Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
REFF 
				    |  Applies 
						 REFMULT  logic only if the file record meets the 
						REFCNT  condition. Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
REFMULT 
				    |  A multiplier for the 
						 NOEXCESS PENALTY  when 
						REFCNT  & 
						REFF/REFS  conditions are met. Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
REFS 
				    |  Applies 
						 REFMULT  logic only if the search record meets the 
						REFCNT  condition. Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
SCALEFTR 
				    |  Changes the word score scale to be out of 100 instead of out of 10. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Controlling Word Score 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SCORE 
				    |  Sets the maximum Score allowed for a concatenated match. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCAT 
				    | 
SCORE 
				    |  Sets the maximum Score allowed for an acronym match. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
SCORE 
				    |  Controls the Score returned by 
						 MAJMOD  when the major word in one name matches well against any word in the other name. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Word Type 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION MAJMOD 
				    | 
SCORE 
				    |  Specifies the user-defined Score to be returned when using the 
					  REFN  option. Refer to the 
					 Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching 
					   section for further information. 
					  | OPTION REFN 
				    | 
SEC 
				    |  Allows a user-defined Score for Secondary Word matches. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
SECOND 
				    |  Specifies which types of Secondary names should be expanded for matching. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SECPHRSE 
				    |  Creates secondary phrase names. 0 is the default (off), 1 turns the feature on and 2 creates all secondary names. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SECPHRSE 
				    |  Allows a user-defined Score for secondary phrase matches. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
SECPORIG 
				    |  If this is set to 1, then include original names before secondary phrase rules are applied. Default is 0. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multivalued Fields  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SEQ 
				    |  Set the decrement for out of sequence processing. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Order  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION ORDER 
				    | 
SKIPCONS 
				    | Matches multiple consonants with a single consonant. For more information about SKIPCONS, see the Local Options Addressing Spelling topic. 
				    | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SKIPGOOD 
				    |  If this is set to 1 then words that match 100% are excluded from the 
						 CONCINIT  rescore. Default is 0. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
SKIPMAJM 
				    |  Allows an exact match early-exit even when 
						 MAJMOD  is specified. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Word Type s ection for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SKIPMTCH 
				    |  Allows an initial to match a skip word. Refer to the 
					  Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials  section for further information. 
				   | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SKIPMOD 
				    |  Allows the Score for skip word matches to be increased or decreased. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type 
						 section for further information. 
					  | XOPT= 
				    | 
SKIPSMOD 
				    |  Allows an exact match early-exit even when 
						 SKIPMOD  is specified. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Word Type  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SKIPVOWL 
				    | Matches vowels or ignores a vowel when compared with a consonant. For more information about SKIPVOWL, see the Local Options Addressing Spelling topic. 
				    | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
SORTWGHT 
				    |  Used by specialised code scoring option. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Matching of Codes  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SORTSCOR 
				    | 
SREFCNT 
				    |  Specifies the number of skip words that must be present to trigger a bonus penalty to be applied via 
						 SREFMULT . Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
SREFMULT 
				    |  A multiplier for the 
						 NOEXCESS PENALTY  when 
						SREFCNT  & 
						REFF/REFS 
						 conditions are met. Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
STD 
				    |  Allows the Score for a stabilized word match to be increased or decreased. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
SYNCS 
				    |  Sets the minimum number of characters which must match to enable re-synchronization in a raw string comparison. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
THRSHOLD 
				    |  Sets the level at which to accept a concatenated match. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Concatenation  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCAT 
				    | 
THRSHOLD 
				    |  Score threshold below which acronym matching is allowed. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CONCINIT 
				    | 
THRSHOLD 
				    |  Sets the threshold Score above which 
						 MAJMOD  processing will take place. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Word Type  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION MAJMOD 
				    | 
TRANSLEN 
				    |  Sets the minimum word length for character transposition matching to be applied. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
TRIGGER 
				    |  Decrements the Score if it is greater than or equal to the 
						 TRIGGER  Score. Refer to the 
						Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION NOEXCESS 
				    | 
TRIGGER 
				    |  Invoke out of order logic if the Score is above the 
						 TRIGGER  value. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Word Order  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION ORDER 
				    | 
TRIGS 
				    |  Invoke 
						 CLIMIT  logic if the Score is above the 
						TRIGS  value. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMIT 
				    | 
USECATSW 
				    | Enables the CATSW option. For more information about the CATSW option, see the 
					  Local Options Addressing Word Type . 
				   | OPTION REFN 
				    | 
USECWAIT 
				    |  Allows the maximum Score of a word pair to be less than 10. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Controlling Word Score  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
WBELOW 
				    |  Set the Score for any single word to zero if the raw string word Score is less than a specified value. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Spelling  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SCORES 
				    | 
WORDS 
				    |  Specifies the number of non-initial words which need to match in order to return a user-defined Score. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION REFN 
				    | 
WORSTSCR 
				    |  Controls which score should be returned when comparing a repeating group. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
WSCRNOEX 
				    |  Defines the amount to reduce the score when comparing a repeating group in which the number of repeats differs between the search and file records. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION FLAGS 
				    | 
Editlist Category 
				    | Specifies the Edit-list Category Name to participate in Score reduction. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type / OPTION CATSW 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CATSW 
				    | 
Editlist Category 
				    | Specifies the Edit-list Category Name to participate in Score reduction. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type / OPTION CATSS  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CATSS 
				    | 
Editlist Category 
				    | Disables an Edit-list Category Name during Matching. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type / OPTION CATNIGN  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CATNIGN 
				    | 
Editlist Category 
				    | Disables an Edit-list Category Type during Matching. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type / OPTION CATTIGN 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CATTIGN 
				    | 
Editlist Category 
				    | Overrides the meaning of an Edit-list Category Name with a different Category Type. Refer to the 
						 Local Options AddressingWord Type / OPTION CATNREP  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CATNREP 
				    | 
Editlist Category 
				    | Overrides the meaning of an Edit-list Category Type with a different Category Type. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Word Type / OPTION CATTREP 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CATTREP 
				    | 
Editlist Category 
				    | Specifies the Edit-list Category Name to participate in Secondary name matching. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields / OPTION SECCAT 
						 section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SECCAT 
				    | 
Word-type 
				    |  Specifies the Word-type to participate in re-scoring when using 
						 CLIMIT  logic. Refer to the 
						Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses / OPTION CLIMLIST 
						  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION CLIMLIST 
				    | 
Word-type 
				    |  Specifies the Word-type to participate in Secondary name matching. Refer to the 
						 Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields / OPTION SECTYPE  section for further information. 
					  | OPTION SECTYPE 
				    | 
SEARCH: JOHN ALLEN ANDERSON FILE: JOHN ANDERSON ALLEN
In N3SCL,*C NN R Nick-names NN JONATHON >JOHN < OPTION CATSW VALUE NN,9 SEARCH: JOHN SMITH FILE: JONATHON SMITH
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | Example 
				    | 
|---|---|---|
OPTION SCORES 
					  VALUE INIT,[number] 
					   | This option controls how an Initial will match against the first character of a word. 
						 [number] 
						 is a value between 0 and 10, where 0 means attribute a 0/10 Score if the Initial matches the first character of the word and 10 means attribute a 10/10 Score if the Initial matches. If 
						SCALEFTR ,1 is specified, 
						[number] 
						 can be between 0 and 100. If an Edit-list nickname rule has been defined, for example to replace Bill with William, W. Smith would still match Bill Smith. If this option is omitted, an initial will be compared to a full word using a string comparison and if it matches, will be awarded a Score of 3/10. 
					  | 
  | 
LOPT=(INITLOW) 
				    | The default Score for an Initial matching the first character of a word is 3/10. With the 
					  INIT  option (described above), it is possible to raise this Score to a maximum of 10/10 and the 
					 INIT  value, by default, is applied to all cases where an Initial matches the first character of a word. In cases where the non-initial words do not match, however, it may be desirable to reduce the value of the Initial/Word Score, say, for example when two family names do not match, but the given Initial of one still matches the given name of the other. The 
					 INITLOW  option reduces the significance of initials if all of the noninitial words do not match. The SCORE in such cases is reduced to the default value of 3/10. Provided at least one of the non-initial words match, 
					 INITLOW  will not be applied. For example, with VALUE INIT,10 specified, G N HOLLOWAY will match GREG NORMAN HALL with a Score of 076. Using the 
					 INITLOW  option the Score is reduced to 030. If there is an exact match between any words in the name the processing of 
					 INITLOW  is disabled. 
					  | 
  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE INITCODE,{0/1} 
					   | This option is used to prevent Initials being compared withWords when either is a code. This is used to prevent a high Score being returned in the case where 
						 INIT  is also used. A value of 
						0  turns the option on (i.e. prevents Initials being matched with Words when either is a code), a value of 1 turns the option off. The default is off. For example, with INIT,10, 1 and 176 will Score 3/10. With the INITCODE,0 specified, the comparison will get a Score of 0/10. 
					  | |
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE EXACTWRD,{0/1} 
					  VALUE EXACTINI,{0/1} 
					   | With 
						 EXACTWRD ,1  and 
						EXACTINI ,1  exact initial to initial matches will be retained, regardless of whether a better Score may have been achieved by matching the initial to a word. For example, 
					 GRIFFIN, JOHN W J GRIFFIN, JAMES W J with 
						 EXACTWRD ,0  and 
						EXACTINI ,0  (the default), and VALUE INIT ,10 , will score 100, because the initial 
						J  in each name matches exactly with the words John and James respectively. With 
						EXACTWRD ,1  and 
						EXACTINI ,1 
						 the Score would be lower, e.g. 080, because John and James are not as good a match. 
					 EXACTINI ,1  requires 
						EXACTWRD ,1  before it will function. 
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OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE EXACTMCH,{0/1} 
					   | If two records match exactly then a Score of 100 is immediately given, bypassing Formatting. This is not always desirable, for example, in cases where an Edit List rule should be used prior to Matching. 
					  The default is 
						 EXACTMCH ,1 which will result in an early exact match check. Changing to 
						EXACTMCH,0  switches off exact match check. For example, The following Edit List rules are defined: 
						With EXACTMCH,1 With EXACTMCH,0 
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OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE SKIPMTCH,{0/1} 
					   | Usually an initial will not match a skip word, using 
						 SKIPMTCH,1  will allow such a match. 
					 SKIPMTCH,0  is the default. For example if University and Technology are skip words: 
						
  | With 
					  INIT,10 
 With 
						 INIT,10 & SKIPMTCH,1 
  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE OPTIMILW,{0/1} 
					   | The default is 
						 OPTIMILW,1 . When 
						INITLOW  is active and it reduces an initial/word Score, a check is done to see if a better word match can be found. If one can, it is used instead of the degraded original match. 
					 To turn off this optimization, use 
						 OPTIMILW,0 . Comparing these two names for example, 
						
 With 
						 INITLOW , 
						INIT,10  and 
						OPTIMILW,0 , the Score returned would be 030. This occurs because of two things. 
						INIT,10  causes 
						P / PETER  to score 10/10 and to be chosen for the match over 
						PETER / PETERS,  and 
						INITLOW  takes effect on the 
						P/ PETER 
						 match because the 
						PETER / PETERS  pair was not a match, thus decreasing the Score to 030. With 
						INITLOW , 
						INIT,10  and 
						OPTIMILW ,1, the Score returned would be 080, because a check is done to see if a better word match can be found, in this case the Score of the 
						PETER / PETERS  pair. 
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OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE ILOWWRDS,{0/1} 
					   | This option is used in conjunction with 
						 INITLOW  to reduce the score for an initial-to-word match (to 3/10) if there are any unmatched words between the two names. To turn it on, specify 
						ILOWWRDS,1 . 
					 The default is 
						 ILOWWRDS,0 . For example, without 
						ILOWWRDS,1 
						 (and assuming 
						REFMIN  and 
						INIT,9 ): 
						
  | With 
						 ILOWWRDS,1 : 
						
  | 
OPTION SCORES 
					  VALUE ILOWTRIG,[number] 
					   | This option controls the value for a word Score to be considered a match by the 
						 INITLOW  processing. 
					 The default is 10, i.e. if an initial / word match is present and two other words do not match 10/10, 
						 INITLOW  processing will take place. Changing the value to 8 (as an example) will prevent 
						INITLOW  degrading the Score of an initial / word match when two other words are considered a reasonable match (in this case 8 / 10). If 
						SCALEFTR,1  is specified, 
						[number]  can be between 0 and 100. For example, with options: 
						With the additional option: 
 the Score becomes 090 because the  J / JOHN 
						 match is not effected by 
						INITLOW . This is because the 
						SMITH / SNITH  match is 8/10 and the 
					 ILOWTRIG  option causes 
					 INITLOW  processing to be bypassed. 
					  | |
LOPT=(ABBRMIN) 
				    | ABBRMIN  sets the minimum length of an abbreviation that can match. For example assuming 
						ABBRMIN*3 
						 is specified. If a word of length 3 or more matches the beginning of another (longer) word, the Score specified with the 
					 ABBRSCR  option is returned. In other words the short word is an abbreviation of the long word. Using the 
					 ABBRSCR  example, ROBE --> ROBERT matches ROB --> ROBERT matches ROBIN --> ROBERT doesn’t match Note that the shorter of the two words must still be a 100% match with the beginning of the longer word for this logic to be invoked. matches ROBIN --> ROBERT doesn’t match Note that the shorter of the two words 
					  | |
LOPT=(ABBRSCR) 
				    | Sets the Score for an abbreviated match, e.g.. 8 = 80%, 10 = 100%. When two words match according to the 
						 ABBRMIN  rules the Score specified here is returned for the match on the two words. For example, 1. With no 
						ABBRMIN  or 
						ABBRSCR 
 With 
						 LOPT=(ABBRMIN*3+ABBRSCR*10) 
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OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE FMTINIT,{0/1} 
					   | FORMATTING-OPTIONS #9  controls how Formatting treats a run of two or more initials. If it is set to a value other than ’N’, initials will be concatenated. This is the normal behavior for company and mixed company/person algorithms. This is important for keys and search strategies so that, for example, ABC HOLDINGS is able to successfully find A.B.C. HOLDINGS. Formatting options also affect matching in that a name is processed through Formatting prior to being matched. This behavior, however, may be undesirable in cases such as when a search for J W SMITH finds JOHN SMITH. The two formatted names that get compared would be JW SMITH and JOHN SMITH and the JW and JOHN do not match well. By setting FMTINIT to 0 (1 is the default), 
						FORMATTING-OPTIONS #9  is set to ’N’ (do not concatenate initials) for matching. This does not affect the key-building or searching. When using this option, if it is still desirable to have matching try concatenating the initials, then the options 
					 CONC  and 
					 CINITI  (or 
					 CINITA ) should also be specified. 
					  | |
OPTION CONCINIT 
					  VALUE THRSHOLD,[Score] 
					  VALUE MININIT,[number] 
					  VALUE MAXINIT,[number] 
					  VALUE ALLWSKIP,{0/1} 
					  VALUE SCORE,[Score] 
					  VALUE PENALTY,[number] 
					  VALUE NORSCORE,{0/1} 
					  VALUE PARTMTCH,{0/1} 
					  VALUE SKIPGOOD,{0,1} 
					   | The 
					  CONCINIT  option allows matching of acronyms to full names. For example: 
					 An acronym may be retrieved as a candidate in a search by using the INITPROBE  or 
					 INITRANGE NAMESET  function keywords. An acronym and full name may also become a search and file record in matching because of a search on another field (e.g. address). Acronym matching, if done, takes place at the end of the matching process, after an original Score has been computed. Acronym matching will only be attempted if the original Score is below the 
					 THRSHOLD  value. The default threshold score value is 80. The 
					 MININIT  and 
					 MAXINIT  values set the minimum and maximum number of words in the full name that can be matched to the acronym (starting from the left). For example, it would be typical to set 
					 MININIT  at 3 (the default) because most acronyms start at three words. A reasonable 
					 MAXINIT  value would be 8 (the default). By default, Skip Words are allowed to participate in acronym matching. Skip Words can be disallowed in acronym matching by setting 
					 ALLWSKIP  to 0. By default, a successful acronym match will return a Score of 100. It may be desirable to set the maximum Score lower. This can be achieved with the 
					 SCORE  value setting. Using the 
					 PENALTY  value, it is possible to decrement the acronym Score by the number of excess words in the non-reference record. If 
					 PENALTY  is omitted, no penalty is applied for excess words. By default, the acronym Score is returned only if it is greater than the original Score. By setting 
					 NORSCORE  to 0, the acronym Score is returned whether it is greater or lesser than the original Score. For looser matching, specify 
					 PARTMTCH,1 . This allows part of the acronym to match and a score to be computed relative to the number of initials that matched. For example, 
					 
 will score 66 if 
						 PARTMTCH,1  is specified. 0, the default, does not allow part acronym matching and the Score would be 0. By default, words that match 100% are included in the 
						CONCINIT  rescore. By setting 
						SKIPGOOD  to 1, words that match 100% are excluded from the 
						CONCINIT  rescore. 
					  | 
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | Example 
				    | 
|---|---|---|
LOPT=(CONC) 
				    | Allow concatenated matches. This option allows concatenated words to match against separate words. For example, when matching, 
						 with 
 The 
						 HACKFORTH JONES  will match to produce a total Score of 100% with the 
					 CONC  option. Without it a Score of 75% is returned. 
					  | |
LOPT=(CINITM) 
				    | Allow multiple concatenations. This option allows the concatenation of more than two words. It requires that 
					  CONC  is also specified. 
					  | For example, 
					  
  | 
LOPT=(CINITI) 
				    | Allow concatenation of initials. Requires that 
					  CONC  is also specified. 
					 
  | |
LOPT=(CINITA) 
				    | Allow both initials and multiple concatenations. Shorthand for specifying both 
						 CINITI  and 
						CINITM . Requires that 
					 CONC  is also specified. 
					 The syntax is: 
						 
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OPTION CONCAT 
					  VALUE PLURALS,{0/1} 
					  VALUE RAW,{0/1} 
					  VALUE SCORE,[maximum Score] 
					  VALUE THRSHOLD,[threshold Score] 
					  VALUE ORIGWORD,{0/1} 
					   | By setting PLURALS to 1, a trailing S on one of the two words/concatenated words will match 100%. Default value of 
						 PLURALS  is 0. Setting 
						RAW  to 1 will perform a raw compare and accept the match if it is above the 
						threshold Score . 
					 
  | 
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | 
|---|---|
LOPT=(NOORDER) 
				    | Normally, any Scores over 75 are degraded by 1 for each out-of-order word pair (or by larger amounts if 
						 OPTION ORDER  is used). This option disables that feature. 
					 
  | 
OPTION ORDER 
					  VALUE POS,[number] 
					  VALUE SEQ,[number] 
					  VALUE TRIGGER,[number] 
					   | Normally any Scores over 75 will cause out-of-order word checking to be enabled. Default out-oforder word checking will decrement a Score by 1 for each out-of-order word pair. This processing can be turned off with the 
					  NOORDER  option. To change the default trigger Score of 75, use the 
					 TRIGGER  option. Out-of-order means either out-of-position or out-of-sequence. To explain the meaning of outof- position and out-of-sequence, refer to the following example. The following two names have words out of position (SMITH vs ALAN), but not out of sequence (SMITH follows JOHN in both cases), 
					 
 If the default out-of-order processing is used (i.e. no 
						 NOORDER  and no 
						OPTION ORDER ), and assuming 
						REFMIN  is also used, these two names will score 99. If it is desired to only decrement the Score if the names are either out-of-position or out-of-sequence, use the 
					 VALUE POS  or 
					 VALUE SEQ  options. These options are mutually exclusive. Use the 
					 VALUE POS  option to specify a value (between 0 and 100) by which to decrement the Score for each word out-of-position. Use the 
					 VALUE SEQ  option to specify a value (between 0 and 100) by which to decrement the Score for each word out-of-sequence. 
					  | 
OPTION ORDER 
					  VALUE PER,[penalty] 
					  VALUE PERFLAG,{0,1,2} 
					   | Specifying 
						 VALUE PER,n  causes an additional check of the first and last words in the two names to be performed. If the two words are different then penalty 
						n  is applied to the score. E.g: Not using 
						VALUE PER,n 
 Using 
						 VALUE PER,1 
 In addition to 
						 VALUE PER ,n , 
						VALUE PERFLAG ,m  may be specified. Note that this option has an effect only where one of the two word stacks contains a single word. In these cases, the value of 
						m  modifies the behavior as follows: 
						Always apply the penalty. This is the default. 
 Ensure that the matching word is the first in each stack before applying the penalty. Use the 
						 NAME-FORMAT  setting to determine the meaning of first. i.e If 
						NAME-FORMAT=L , then the matching word must be the leftmost words. If 
						NAME-FORMAT=R , then the matching word must be the rightmost words. 
						
 Ensure that the matching word is the first in each stack before applying the penalty, irrespective of the 
						 NAME-FORMAT  setting. i.e. the matching word must be the leftmost words. In the case where both names contain a single word, then this option has no effect. 
					  | 
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | Example 
				    | 
|---|---|---|
XOPT=(EXCTCODE) 
				    | This option specifies that codes only match if they match exactly. For the definition of a ’code’ see the 
						 Formatting Options 
						  section. See also cLocal Option INITCODE 
						 . 
					  | For example, 
					  
  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE EXACTWRD,{0/1} 
					   | With 
						 EXACTWRD,1  exact word to word matches will be retained, regardless of whether a better Score may have been achieved by other means. This situation arises mainly if the 
					 MAJMOD  option has also been set. 
					  | For example, 
					  
 with 
						 EXACTWRD, 0 (the default), and 
						MAJMOD*20 , will score around 070; with 
						EXACTWRD,1 
						 and 
						MAJMOD*20 , will score lower, e.g. 056. This is because with 
						MAJMOD  applied to the major words (HONG  & 
						HOANG ) they score higher than the exact match for the words 
						HOANG  & 
						HOANG , unless 
						EXACTWRD,1  is used, in which case the exact match words take precedence. 
					  | 
LOPT=(MAJMOD*[number]) 
				    | The 
					  MAJMOD  option tells the Entry Point to modify its Score if a match was found on a major word. This is done by applying a scaling factor to any major word (as flagged by the Formatting routine) found in the name. 
					 For example when matching the name KEN JOHN BROWN the names KEN, JOHN and BROWN each contributes equally to the Score. However, the 
					  MAJMOD  option can be used to give more importance to the major word (BROWN in this case, i.e. if Algorithm 
					 NAME-FORMAT=R .) 
					 Giving a value for 
						 MAJMOD  of 10 will scale the major word by 1 (i.e. not scale it at all) and will give the same behavior as omitting the option. A value of 20 will scale by 2, etc. For example, 
						
 will cause the importance of the major word to be doubled in the final Score calculation. This is achieved by increasing both the score and the weight for the major word. If the 
						 MAJMOD  value is less than 10, the weight is not reduced below 100. 
					  | For example, 
					  
 If using 
						 MAJMOD , also consider using 
						EXACTWRD,1 . When using 
					 OPTION MAJMOD  (see below), if 
					 SCALEFTR,1 
					  is also specified then the above scale values should be multiplied by 10, e.g. MAJMOD*200 rather than MAJMOD*20. 
					  | 
OPTION MAJMOD 
					  VALUE LEVEL,{0,1,2} 
					  VALUE MOVEMNT,{0,1,2} 
					  VALUE SCORE,{n} 
					  VALUE THRSHOLD,{n} 
					   | These options allow 
					  MAJMOD  to be enabled but with finer control. The setting of LEVEL defines the rules which activate 
					 MAJMOD  score modification. 
					 LEVEL,0  (the default) indicates that 
					 MAJMOD  should be applied as long as the major word in one name matches well against any word in the other name. 
					 LEVEL,1  indicates that 
					 MAJMOD  should be applied using the same rules as 
					 LOPT MAJMOD . i.e the majors must match in position. 
					 LEVEL,2  indicates that 
					 MAJMOD  should be applied as long as the major in one name matches either in position or with a word which is to the left and adjacent to the major in the other name. 
					 VALUE MOVEMNT  dictates how 
					 MAJMOD  can affect the score; negatively, positively or both. 
					 MOVEMNT,0  (the default) indicates that 
					 MAJMOD  can increase or decrease the score. 
					 MOVEMNT,1  indicates that 
					 MAJMOD  can increase the score, but not decrease it. 
					 MOVEMNT,2  indicates that 
					 MAJMOD  can decrease the score, but not increase it. 
					 VALUE SCORE  is the word Score to assign to the major word comparison. With 
					 SCALEFTR,10  it can be set with values of n from 0 to 120. With 
					 SCALEFTR,1  it can be set with values of n from 0 to 1200, In either case, the default is 0. 
					 VALUE THRSHOLD  is the word Score threshold above which to activate this logic. It can have a value of n from 0 to 100, the default is 100. This value is unaffected by the setting of 
					 SCALEFTR  and should always be specified in the range 0-100. 
					  | |
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE SKIPMAJM,{0/1} 
					   | By default, an exact match check is done on two names before any other processing. If an exact match is found, the method exits early with a score of 100. In some rare cases, it may be desirable to bypass the exact match check if 
						 MAJMOD  is specified. This is because 
						MAJMOD  can be used to lower the score if the major words match. To bypass the exact match check when 
						MAJMOD  is specified, set 
						SKIPMAJM,1 . 
						SKIPMAJM,0  (the default) will enable the exact match early-exit. 
					  | |
XOPT=(SKIPMOD*[number]) 
				    | The 
					  SKIPMOD  option tells the Method to modify its Score if a match was found on a skip word (as flagged by the Formatting routine). 
					 Giving a value for 
					  SKIPMOD  of 10 will scale the Score for matching skip words by 1 (i.e. not scale them at all) and will give the same behaviour as omitting the option. A value of 5 will cause the importance of the skip words, if they match, to be halved in the final calculation of the Score – this has the effect of increasing the importance of the non-Skip words in the name. 
					  | For example, if the Edit-list contains the following rules, 
						 
 
  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE SKIPSMOD, {0/1} 
					   | By default, an exact match check is done on two names before any other processing. If an exact match is found, the method exits early with a score of 100. In some rare cases, it may be desirable to bypass the exact match check if 
						 SKIPMOD  is specified. This is because 
						SKIPMOD  can be used to lower the score if skip words match. To bypass the exact match check when 
						SKIPMOD  is specified, set 
						SKIPSMOD,1 . 
						SKIPSMOD,0  (the default) will enable the exact match early-exit. 
					  | |
OPTION CATSW 
					  VALUE [Edit-list Category],[Number] 
					   | The Name Matching Method by default passes the names to be matched through both the Cleaning and Formatting routines. The Formatting routine, among other things, transforms the name components according to rules in the Edit-list. The Categories of any Edit-list rules which have been applied are then passed back to the Method. The default maximum Score for a word comparison is 10/10. The 
					  CATSW  option is used for ranking purposes to reduce the score of certain words which were originally different but changed via Edit-list rules to match. For example, Nickname Replacement or Secondary Name rules. This will have the effect of reducing the overall score. For example, if a search was done on JOHN BROWN ADVERTISING then both JOHN BROWN MARKETING and JOHN BROWN ENGINEERING would score the same; however, it may be desirable to rank JOHN BROWN MARKETING above JOHN BROWN ENGINEERING. 
					  | This can be achieved by first defining the ’similar’ words in the Edit-list in a manner similar to the following, 
						 Then, 
 As Marketing and Engineering do not match via Edit-List rules, the score remains at 66%. 
					  CATSW  can now be used with a Secondary Name Edit-list category (in the fast-starts this is known as 
						SN ). This is useful when using 
						CATSW  to degrade the Score of nickname fields for ranking. In N3SCL, only 
						NN(R)  and 
						NK(N)  categories can be used. 
					 To reduce the maximum Weight of a word which is defined in an Edit-list category, use either LIMWCAT, 0 with CATSW, or use CATSS. 
					   | 
OPTION CATSS 
					  VALUE [Edit-list Category],[Number] 
					   | CATSS  is used to reduce the maximum Weight (significance) of certain words which were originally different but changed via Edit-list rules to match. 
						LIMWCAT  is always set to 0 for 
						CATSS . If a Category is defined for both 
						CATSW  and 
						CATSS , 
						CATSW  will take precedence. 
					  | |
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE CATSWD,{0/1} 
					   | By setting 
						 CATSWD  to 1, 
						CATSW  and 
						CATSS  processing will be bypassed when an Initial to Word match is being processed and the Word is in a 
						CATSW  or 
						CATSS  category. 
						The "D" stands for "Disable". 
						  | |
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE CATSWEXT,{0/1} 
					   | By setting 
						 CATSWEXT  to 1, an exact match before formatting between two words will now score 100 even if a word belonged to one of the categories specified via 
						CATSW  or 
						CATSS . 
					  | |
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE CATSWF,{0/1} 
					   | By setting 
						 CATSWF  to 1, 
						CATSW  and 
						CATSS  processing will be performed even if 
						MAJMOD  processing is done. 
						The "F" stands for "Force". 
						  | |
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE EXACTCAT,{0/1} 
					   | By setting 
						 EXACTCAT  to 1, an exact match after formatting between two words will now score 100 even if a word belonged to one of the categories specified via 
						CATSW  or 
						CATSS  which specified that the word’s Score should be reduced. 
					  | For example, if the Edit-list contains the following rules, 
						 Then, 
 For more information, see the 
						 Word Weight Modification  section in N3SCM. 
					 The default is 0. 
					   | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE LIMWCAT,{0/1} 
					   | The default behavior ( LIMWCAT,1 ) does not allow the 
					 CATSW  option to use a maximum Weight less than 10. By setting 
					 LIMWCAT  to 0, the maximum Weight of a word which is in a category defined by the 
					 CATSW  option can be less than 10. For more information, see the 
					 Word Weight Modification  section in N3SCM. 
					  | |
OPTION CATNREP 
					  VALUE nnt,0 
					   | CATNREP  allows you to override the meaning of an Edit-list Category Name while performing Matching. "nn" is the Edit-list Category Name, and "t" is the new Category Type. The value 0 is ignored but must be present. Multiple VALUE statements are permissible. 
						
  | |
OPTION CATNIGN 
					  VALUE nn,0 
					   | CATNIGN  allows you to entirely disable, or ignore, an Edit-list Category Name while performing Matching. "nn" is the Edit-list Category Name. The value 0 is ignored but must be present. Multiple VALUE statements are permissible. 
						
  | |
OPTION CATTREP 
					  VALUE ct,0 
					   | CATTREP  allows you to override the meaning of an Edit-list Category Type while performing Matching. "c" is the Edit-list Category Type, and "t" is the new Category Type. The value 0 is ignored but must be present. Multiple VALUE statements are permissible. 
						
  | |
OPTION CATTIGN 
					  VALUE t,0 
					   | CATTIGN  allows you to entirely disable, or ignore, an Edit-list Category Type while performing Matching. "t" is the Edit-list Category Type. The value 0 is ignored but must be present. Multiple VALUE statements are permissible. 
						
  | 
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | 
|---|---|
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE SKIPCONS,[number] 
					   | Matches multiple consonants with a single consonant. Set the value to 1 to enable this option. Default is 0. 
					  For example, after you set this option to 1, if you match CROSS and CROS, the consonants 
						 SS  matches with the consonant 
						S . 
					  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE SKIPVOWL,[number] 
					   | Matches vowels or ignores a vowel when compared with a consonant. Set the value to 1 to enable this option. Default is 0. 
					  For example, after you set this option to 1, if you match ABAD and ABED, the vowel 
						 A  matches with the vowel 
						E . 
					  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE SYNCS,[number] 
					   | When raw string matching is used, two names are compared character by character. If two characters do not match, the method will look ahead for the full length of the name for a character match, and attempt to resynchronize the matching from that character forward. This option tells the method how many characters must match in a look-ahead operation for the re-synchronization to be accepted. The default value is 2. 
					   | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE TRANSLEN,[number] 
					   | When raw string matching is used, two transposed characters are accepted as a match (2/2) if the word length is greater than or equal to 
						 [number] . The default is 1. If the word length is less than 
						[number]  the two transposed characters score 1/2. For example, 
						John Patterson and John Pattesron score 100 John Bent and John Bnet score 075  | 
OPTION SCORES 
					  VALUE STD,[number] 
					   | If two stabilized words match, the default word Score given is 7/10. This option allows the word Score to be increased or decreased. For example, 
						 
 will give a word Score of 8/10 for a stabilized word match. If 
						 SCALEFTR,1  is specified, 
						[number]  can be between 0 and 100. 
					  | 
LOPT=(NOSTD) 
				    | This option disables the stabilized matching of two words. With this option set, no stabilized comparisons will take place. 
					   | 
LOPT=(NORAW) 
				    | This option disables the raw string matching. With this option set, no raw string comparisons will take place. 
					   | 
OPTION SCORES 
					  VALUE ORIGWTHR,[number] VALUE ORIGWSCR,[number] 
					   | If the initial Score for a match is below the 
						 ORIGWTHR  threshold value (a value between 1 and 100), 
						ORIGWSCR  logic will recalculate the Score on each ’unformatted’ word, i.e. after Cleaning but without Edit-list processing. A raw string comparison will be done on the words. If the result is a Score less than the maximum possible stabilized word score, a comparison is also done on the stabilized form of the words, and the higher of the two scores used. The 
						ORIGWSCR  value is then used to scale the Score, and the resulting Score will be used if it is greater or equal to the initial Score. For example, if there was an Edit-list rule replacing Nathan with Nathaniel: 
					 Without 
						 ORIGWSCR  (or 
						ORIGWSCR,0 ): 
						(as we are actually comparing NATHANIEL  to 
						NATHON  due to the activation of an Edit-list rule). 
					 With 
						 (as we are now comparing NATHAN  to 
						NATHON  and using the higher Score). 
					  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE MATCHEND,[number] 
					   | Allows a string match (raw compare) to resync even at the last character 
						 [number] 
						 defaults to 0. For example, using the defaults for SYNCS and MATCHEND, Tiene vs Tienne scores 6/10. 
					 With 
						 
  | 
OPTION SCORES 
					  VALUE WBELOW,[Number] 
					   | Set the Score for any single word to zero if the raw string word Score is less than a 
						 [number] 
						 where 
						[number]  can be between 1 and 100. For example, Not using WBELOW: 
						With VALUE WBELOW,75 
  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE RAWCMPTN,{0/1} 
					   | The default setting of 1 causes a raw string compare of a word to be calculated out of 10 and any remainder is dropped (e.g. a score of 8.7/10 will become 8/10 or 80/100). By changing the setting to 0, the raw string compare will be calculated out of 100 (e.g. 87/100 will result in a word score of 087). For example, Without RAWCMPTN (or RAWCMPTN,1): 
						 With RAWCMPTN,0 
  | 
OPTION SCORES 
					  VALUE RAWSTBTH,n 
					  VALUE RAWSTBVL,n 
					   | If the score from the raw string compare is greater than RAWSTBTH then improve the score using the following formula: 
						 
 It increases the score by a factor based on the raw score and stabilized score. The default value for RAWSTBTH is 0, which disables this option. 
					   | 
Words 
				    | Opts 
				    | Scr 
				    | Comment 
				    | 
|---|---|---|---|
KAN KON 
				    | 70 
				    | Both the stabilized and raw compare are performed and the highest Score is used. The raw compare Scores 6/10 (2/3 characters match), however the words stabilize to the same and score 7/10 (the default). The Score is therefore 70. 
				    | |
KAN KON 
				    | NOSTD 
				    | 60 
				    | Only the raw compare is performed and a Score of 60 is returned (2/3 characters match giving 6/10). 
				    | 
KAN KON 
				    | NORAW 
				    | 70 
				    | Only the stabilized compare is performed. Because the two words are the same afterWord Stabilization, they score 7/10 (the default) and a Score of 70 is returned. 
				    | 
KAN KON 
				    | NOSTD, 
					  NORAW 
					   | 00 
				    | Using both options forces an exact match comparison on the words after they have been processed through the Edit-list. As the two names are not exactly the same the Score is 0. 
				    | 
ABCDEFGKAN 
					  ABCDEFGKON 
					   | 90 
				    |  The raw compare returns a higher value (9/10) than the stabilized compare which defaults to 7/10. 
					   | |
ABCDEFGKAN 
					  ABCDEFGKON 
					   | NOSTD 
				    | 90 
				    |  Same result as above as the stabilized compare was overridden by the raw compare anyway. 
					   | 
ABCDEFGKAN 
					  ABCDEFGKON 
					   | NORAW 
				    | 70 
				    |  The stabilized words return an exact match, which defaults to 7/10. 
					   | 
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | 
|---|---|
OPTION CLIMIT 
					  VALUE TRIGS,[number] 
					  VALUE CHARDS,[number] 
					  VALUE NSACTF,{0/1} 
					  VALUE NOINCR,{0/1} 
					  VALUE AVERAGE,[number] 
					  VALUE NOEXPNTY,[number] 
					  VALUE RECREF,{0/1} 
					   | CLIMIT  logic is executed if the initial Score for a match is above the TRIGS value (a value between 0 and 100). If the initial Score is 100, however, the 
						CLIMIT  logic is bypassed. 
					 CLIMIT  logic will recalculate the Score while allowing only those words whose types appear in 
						CLIMLIST  to participate in this recalculation. Words which scored above a user-defined limit (CHARDS ) may also be excluded from the recalculation. 
						CHARDS  can have a value of between 0 and 100. 
					 The 
						 NSACTF  (No Match Action Flag) flag can be set to dictate what Score to return when no new Score is possible. Valid values: 0 and 1. A value of 0 will return a Score of 0 if no new Score is possible. A value of 1 will return the original Score. The default is 0. 
					 The 
						 NOINCR  flag can be set so as to remember the original Score and if the original Score is less than the recalculated Score then the original Score is used. This is useful to allow bad matches to decrease the Score but prevent good matches from increasing the Score. 
					 Using 
						 AVERAGE  and a value of 
						N , where 
						N  defaults to 10, means that the ultimate Score is calculated as: 
						
 This will allow a mix of the effect of the original and the recalculated Scores to be created without having to use two methods on the same field. 
					  It would be quite normal to use 
						 NOINCR  and 
						AVERAGE  in combination, as well as in combination with all the other options. 
					 NOEXPNTY  will reduce the final 
						CLIMIT  score by the number of unmatched 
						CLIMLIST  tokens times the 
						NOEXPNTY  value. 
					 The 
						 RECREF  flag, when set to 1, will cause re-calculation of the 
						REFxxx  record (as defined in the 
						GOPT  parameter) based on the word types in 
						CLIMLIST . A value of 1 is recommended. For example, matching the following addresses: 
						
 The 
						 SEARCH  record is initially selected as the Reference record and a score of 80 returned. 
						CLIMIT  processing is specified for codes only (shown above in Italics). Using RECREF,0 a Score of 66 is returned, as the original reference record is used. By using RECREF,1, CLIMIT will re-calculate the Reference record based on Codes only, and a Score of 100 is returned as now the 
						FILE  record is used as the Reference. (See the 
					 AVERAGE  option on how to average the before and after scores.) 
					  | 
OPTION CLIMLIST 
					  VALUE [word-type][word-type]. . . ,0 
					   | This option defines the word types to be compared during 
					  CLIMIT  Score recalculation. The list of types is used only by the 
					 CLIMIT  option and has no effect if the 
					 CLIMIT  option is not enabled. If this list is not specified a default list containing categories Y (non-major words), C(odes) and I(initials) are used. 
					 A maximum of 8 word types may be listed. 
					  The following example will force 
					  CLIMIT  logic to recalculate the Score while only using words of type S(kip), M(ajor) and I(nitials). 
					 
 A value field (0 above) is required but is not actually used. 
					  APPLICATION REFERENCE guide > NAMESET section 
					  . 
					  | 
SEARCH: 56 VALLEY RD NEWTOWN WA 2365 FILE: 56A VALLEY RD NEWTOWN WA 2365 SCORE: 090
SEARCH: 56 VALLEY RD NEWTOWN WA 2365 FILE: 56A VALLEY RD NEWTOWN WA 2365 SCORE: 080
OPTION CLIMIT VALUE TRIGS,80 OPTION CLIMLIST VALUE C,0 SEARCH: 56 VALLEY RD NEWTOWN WA 2365 FILE: 56A VALLEY RD NEWTOWN WA 2365 SCORE: 085
SEARCH: ANIMAL STORIES FROM OUTBACK AFRICA: ELEPHANTS FILE: ANIMAL STORIES FROM OUTBACK AFRICA: TIGERS SCORE: 090
OPTION CLIMIT VALUE TRIGS,80 VALUE CHARDS,90 OPTION CLIMLIST VALUE YM,0 SEARCH: ANIMAL STORIES FROM OUTBACK AFRICA: ELEPHANTS FILE: ANIMAL STORIES FROM OUTBACK AFRICA: TIGERS SCORE: 010
SEARCH: SNAPPY INVESTMENTS FILE: ABC HOLDINGS T/AS SNAPPY INVESTMENTS SCORE: 100
Option 
						    | Description 
						    | 
|---|---|
OPTION FLAGS 
							  VALUE SECOND,{0/1/2/3/4/5} 
							   | 
 Edit-list is set-up with the appropriate values. For example, assuming NEWTOWN is next to MIDTOWN, and MIDTOWN is next to OLDTOWN, but NEWTOWN is not next to OLDTOWN, then the Edit-list should contain at least the following: 
								 Then, if using: 
  | 
OPTION FLAGS VALUE SECPHRSE,{0/1/2} 
						    | This option allows you to create secondary phrase names. This matching option is equivalent to NAMESET function keyword 
								 SECPHRASE  or 
								SECPHRASEALL . Value 0 turns this feature off, 1 turns the feature on (NAMESET 
								SECPHRASE ) and 2 creates all secondary names (NAMESET 
								SECPHRASEALL ). The default is 0. 
							  | 
OPTION FLAGS VALUE SECPORIG,{0/1} 
						    | This option allows you to include original names before secondary phrase rules are applied. This matching option is equivalent to NAMESET function keyword 
								 SECPHRASEORIG . Value 0 turns this feature off and 1 turns the feature on (NAMESET 
								SECPHRASEORIG ). The default is 0. 
							  | 
OPTION SCORES VALUE SECPHRSE,n 
						    | This option allows you to specify the maximum score to apply to secondary phrase matches. Value 0 turns this feature off and will assign a maximum score of 100. The default is 0. 
							   | 
OPTION SCORES OPTION SECCAT 
							  VALUE [Edit-list Category],1 
							   | Requires that both Secondary words being matched are in the 
								 [Edit-list Category] 
								 specified. Multiple Edit-list Categories can be specified using multiple 
								VALUE  statements. 
							 Requires 
							  OPTION FLAGS , 
							 VALUE SECOND  to be set to non-zero value. For example, 
							 will only perform Secondary name matching on words which are in the SN  Edit-list category. 
							  | 
OPTION SECTYPE 
							  VALUE [Word-type],1 
							   | Requires that both Secondary words being matched have the 
								 [Word-type]  specified. Multiple Wordtypes can be specified using multiple 
								VALUE  statements. 
							 Requires 
							  OPTION FLAGS , 
							 VALUE SECOND  to be set to non-zero value. For example, 
							 will only perform Secondary name matching on words which have a Word-type of S  (Skip). 
							  | 
OPTION SCORES 
							  VALUE SEC,[Number] 
							   | This option allows you to specify the word Score, from 0 to 10, for Secondary Word matches. The default is 10. 
							   | 
METHOD NAME=MNAME,WEIGHT=1, X GOPT=(LENGTH*50+REFMIN), X LOPT=(CONC+CINITA+INITLOW) FIELD OFFSET=0,REPEAT=2
Search: John Smith File: Mike Taylor John Smith
Option 
						    | Description 
						    | 
|---|---|
OPTION FLAGS 
							  VALUE WORSTSCR,{0/1/2} 
								 
  | In the descriptions below, the search and file records are assumed to contain the following: 
							  The search record contains 3 fields in a repeating group: 
								 And the file record contains 4 fields in a repeating group: 
 
 
 
  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
							  VALUE WSCRNOEX,[number] 
							   | This option only has an effect when 
							  WORSTSCR  is set to 1 or 2. It is used to penalize the score in the case where the number of repeats differs between the search and file records. The score is reduced by this value for each extra field present. So, if 
							 WSCRNOEX  is set to 3 and using the sample data above, the score will be reduced by 3 (3 * (4 - 3)). If specified, it should be in the range 1-10. The default is 0, which means that no reduction in score occurs. 
							  | 
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | 
|---|---|
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE USECWAIT,{0/1} 
					   | The default behavior of N3SCM does not allow the maximum Score of a word pair to be less than 10. 
					  This affects the word weight modifying options 
					  MAJMOD , 
					 SKIPMOD  and 
					 CATSW . By setting USECWAIT to 1, the maximum Score of a word pair is allowed to be less than 10. For more information, see the 
					 Word Weight Modification 
					  section in N3SCM. 
					  | 
OPTION FLAGS 
					  VALUE SCALEFTR,{1/10} 
					   | The default behavior of N3SCM scores a word pair out of 10. By setting SCALEFTR to 1, it will score the word pair out of 100, providing a finer calculation. This mostly affects ranking options (such as 
					  CATSW ), which can now be set out of 100 instead of 10, allowing a smaller reduction in score. 
					 For example, using the default SCALEFTR,10 the following can be specified: 
						 
 Then when matching the following two names, assuming Rick is defined in the Edit-list with a category of NN: 
						 will score 95. When using the SCALEFTR,1 (i.e. word score out of 100) the following can be specified: 
						 and will now score 97.  | 
Option 
				    | Description 
				    | 
|---|---|
OPTION NOEXCESS 
					  VALUE TRIGGER,[trigger Score] 
					  VALUE PENALTY,[penalty Score] 
					  VALUE REFCNT,[maximum word count] 
					  VALUE REFMULT,[penalty Score multiplier] 
					  VALUE SREFCNT,[maximum skip word count] 
					  VALUE SREFMULT,[penalty Score multiplier] 
					  VALUE REFF,{0/1} 
					  VALUE REFS,{0/1} 
					   | When the Global Option REFMIN is specified (use the shorter record as the reference record – see the 
						 Global Options 
						 section for more details), 
						NOEXCESS  can be used to decrement the method Score by the number of non-matching words in the non-reference (longer) record. The method Score must be equal to or greater than 
						[trigger Score]  for this option to take effect. When 
						NOEXCESS  is activated, the method Score is decremented by 
						[penalty Score]  for each non-matching word in the non-reference record. 
					 For example, with 
						 with, with, 
 An additional penalty can be applied if the number of words present in the 
						 REFMIN  record’s Wordsstack is equal to the number defined by 
						REFCNT . The default for 
						REFCNT  is 1. The 
						REFCNT  syntax allows any number of words to be specified; however this behavior was originally designed for cases when only one word was present in the 
						REFMIN  name. For example: 
						
 REFCNT  is used in conjunction with 
						REFS  & 
						REFF  to determine if the additional penalty is to be applied. If it is to be applied, the value of 
						REFMULT  is multiplied by the penalty Score and the method Score is decremented further by the resulting value. 
					 Specifying 
						 REFS  (the default) causes the logic to only check for the 
						REFCNT  condition if the 
						REFMIN  record is the Search record. Specifying 
						REFF  causes the logic to only check for the 
						REFCNT  condition if the 
						REFMIN  record is the File record. Specify both if either Search or File record can be checked. 
					 For example, with, 
						 with, 
 This logic in effect says, if the 
						 REFMIN  record is the Search record, and it contains only one word, subtract an additional penalty from the Score equal to 
						REFMULT x PENALTY . 
					 SREFCNT  and 
						SREFMULT  act similarly, however, with the added restriction that the word must be a Skip word. 
					  | 
OPTION NOEXCLSTVALUE [Word-type],0 
				    | If the number of words in a name changes due to the action of the 
					  CONC  option then 
					 NOEXCESS  will not degrade the Score. It may be desirable to have 
					 NOEXCESS  to count the number of words in a name after any concatenation has occurred. Switching on 
					 NOEXCLST  to re-Score particular Word-types will allow this. For example, with 
					 But adding: 
  | 
OPTION REFN 
					  VALUE WORDS,[number of words] 
					  VALUE GOOD,[word Score] 
					  VALUE SCORE,[method Score] 
					  VALUE USECATSW [0|1] 
					   | Returns a user-defined Score 
						 [method Score]  when a specified number of non-initial words 
						[number of words]  match with a Score of at least 
						n/10 [word Score] . This is irrespective of how other data in the name may have or may have not matched. 
					 The default matching behavior (and the way N3SCM works) is that every token (word or initial) in the reference record will contribute to the method Score by how well it matched. This option allows a method Score to be determined based on the matching of only certain number of tokens from the reference record. 
					  One use for this option is when the need is to confirm a match of two names which have already been identified as having the same id-number (e.g. same social security number). 
					  For example, if the following values were defined in the matching scheme, 
						 and a search on id-number returned the following two names, 
 the Score returned by the method would be 95, based on the matching of the two words JOHN and THOMPSON. 
					  You can use the USECATSW option to enable the CATSW option. The value 1 indicates to enable the CATSW option and the value 0 indicates to disable the CATSW option. Default is 0. 
					   | 
OPTION CODESCOR VALUE CODEWGHT,<codeweight> VALUE CODEUDIF,25 VALUE CODEUNON,90 VALUE CODEUONE,50 VALUE CODEMAXD,6 VALUE CODEPOSS,1 OPTION SORTSCOR VALUE CLN,<clnweight> VALUE FMT,<fmtweight> VALUE SORTWGHT,<sortweight> VALUE NGRAMC,<weight> VALUE NGRAMCLV,<level> VALUE NGRAMF,<weight> VALUE NGRAMFLV,<level>
Normal Score Weight = 100 - (Sort Score Weight + Code Score Weight) Final Score = ((Sort Score * Sort Score Weight) + (Code Score * Code Score Weight) + (Normal Score * Normal Score Weight)) / 100)
Normal Score Weight = 100 - Sort Score Weight Final Score = ((sortScore * Sort Score Weight) + (normalScore * Normal Score Weight)) / (100 - Code Score Weight));
Code Score = 100 - (100 * Number of Codes in Stack / Number of Entries in the Stack That Has Codes) if (Number of Entries in the Stack That Does Not Have Codes < Number of Entries in the Stack That Has Codes) then Weight = 100 * Number of Entries in the Stack That Does Not Have Codes / Number of Entries in the Stack That Has Codes Code Score = Code Score * Weight / 100 endif
"G " grams "L " litres "M " metres "KG " kilograms "MG " milligrams "KL " kilolitres "ML " millilitres "CL " centilitres "DL " desilitres "MM " millimetres "CM " centimetres
Intermediate Score = 100 * Smaller Number / Larger Number
VALUE CODEUDIF,25 VALUE CODEUNON,90 VALUE CODEUONE,50
score = Number of Matching Characters * 100 / Total Number of Characters in the Code
score = (Number of Matching Characters * 100 * Length of Shorter Code) / (Length of Longer Code * Length of Longer Code)
if (reflen <= Number of Matching Characters) then score = 100 else score = 100 * Number of Matching Characters / reflen endif
and the file name is"AC/DC "
then these names are first cleaned and the resulting names are sorted, resulting in"EDC...BA "
"ACCD"
(number of matching characters) * 100 / (Length of reference string)
and the file name word stack is"01 DC " "02 AC "
then these stacks are first sorted, results being"01 BC " "02 AC " "03 DC "
and"AC " "DC "
"AC " "BC " "DC "
(Number of Matching Stack Entries) * 100 / (Total Number of Entries in the Reference Stack)
(Remainder – if any – is dropped.)Score = ((CLN Score * <clnweight>) + (FMT Score * <fmtweight>)) / 100)
which results to 81.Score = ((75 * 75) + (100 * 25)) / 100
which results to 61.Score = ((60 * 75) + (66 * 25)) / 100
(Remainder – if any – is dropped.)Final Score = ((Combined Sort Score * Sort Weight) + (Normal Score * (100 - Sort Weight))) / 100
which results to 86.Final Score = ((81 * 35) + (90 * (100 - 35))) / 100
VALUE NGRAMC,<weight> VALUE NGRAMCLV,<level> VALUE NGRAMF,<weight> VALUE NGRAMFLV,<level>
VALUE CLN,<clnweight> VALUE FMT,<fmtweight> VALUE NGRAMC,<ngramcweight> VALUE NGRAMF,<ngramfweight>
(Remainder – if any – is dropped.)Score = ((CLN Score * <clnweight>) + FMT Score * <fmtweight>) + (NGRAMC Score * <ngramCweight>) + (NGRAMF Score * <ngramFweight>)) / 100)
OPTION CLIMIT VALUE CHARDS,100 VALUE NSACTF,0 VALUE TRIGS,100 VALUE NOINCR,0 VALUE AVERAGE,0 VALUE NOEXPNTY,0 OPTION CONCAT VALUE PLURALS,0 OPTION FLAGS VALUE EXACTCAT,0 VALUE EXACTINI,1 VALUE EXACTWRD,1 VALUE INITCODE,1 VALUE LIMWCAT,1 VALUE MATCHEND,1 VALUE OPTIMILW,1 VALUE SECOND,0 VALUE SYNCS,2 VALUE TRANSLEN,1 VALUE USECWAIT,0 VALUE SKIPMAJM,0 VALUE SKIPSMOD,0 VALUE SCALEFTR,10 VALUE CATSWEXT,0 VALUE CATSWD,0 VALUE CATSWF,0 OPTION NOEXCESS VALUE PENALTY,1 VALUE TRIGGER,101 VALUE REFCNT,1 VALUE REFMULT,0 VALUE REFS,1 VALUE REFF,0 VALUE SREFCNT,1 VALUE SREFMULT,0 OPTION ORDER (ORDER options are disabled by default) VALUE POS,9999 VALUE SEQ,9999 VALUE TRIGGER,9999 OPTION REFN VALUE GOOD,9 VALUE SCORE,99 VALUE WORDS,0 OPTION SCORES VALUE ILOWTRIG,10 VALUE SEC,10 OPTION CODESCOR VALUE CODEWGHT,0 OPTION SORTSCOR VALUE SORTWGHT,0