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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Definition File Overview
  4. Customization Steps
  5. Service Group Definition
  6. Algorithm Definition
  7. Edit-list Definition
  8. Matching Scheme Definition

Service Group Definition and Customization Guide

Service Group Definition and Customization Guide

Naming Conventions

Naming Conventions

The supplied SSA-NAME3 Extensions for 1.8 Users software will include dataset names, folder names or directory structures of the form:
SSANAME.country or \SSANAME\country
where,
country
is a country name as defined in the Country table below.
Within the country dataset, folder or sub-directory there will be a number of members or files with names of the form:
N3ttccxy
where
tt
This is the definition file type code.
cc
This is the country code.
x
This is the population type.
y
This is an optional qualifier

Definition File Types

The following types of Definition Files are supported:
Code
Name
Brief Description
SG
Service Group
Key Building and Search Algorithm rules and Service Definitions
MA
Matching Definitions
Matching schemes and rules
EL
Edit-list
Rules for noise words, abbreviations, synonyms, phrase replacements, etc.

Country Codes

The following standard two-character country codes are used in the Definition File names. The countries listed include currently supported countries and countries which Informatica Corporation
will potentially support in the future
. The ’Directory’ column shows the country name as it will appear in SSA-NAME3 dataset, folder or directory names.
Country Code
Country
Directory
AE
United Arab Emirates
uae
AR
Argentina
argent
AT
Austria
austri
AU
Australia
aus
BE
Belgium
belg
BG
Bulgaria
bulgar
BH
Bahrain
bahrai
BN
Brunei
brunei
BR
Brazil
brasil
CA
Canada
canada
CH
Switzerland
swiss
CL
Chile
chile
CN
China
china
CZ
Czech Republic
czech
DE
Germany
german
DK
Denmark
denmar
EG
Egypt
egypt
ES
Spain
spain
FI
Finland
finlan
FR
France
france
GR
Greece
greece
HK
Hong Kong
hk
HU
Hungary
hungar
ID
Indonesia
indon
IE
Ireland
eire
IL
Israel
israel
IN
India
india
IT
Italy
italy
JP
Japan
japan
KR
South Korea
skorea
KW
Kuwait
kuwait
LB
Lebanon
leban
LU
Luxembourg
lux
MX
Mexico
mexico
MY
Malaysia
malay
NL
Netherlands
nether
NO
Norway
norway
NZ
New Zealand
nz
OM
Oman
omam
PE
Peru
peru
PH
Philippines
philip
PK
Pakistan
pakist
PL
Poland
poland
PO
Puerto Rico
puerto
PT
Portugal
portug
RO
Romania
roman
RU
Russian Federation
russia
SA
Saudi Arabia
saudi
SD
Sudan
sudan
SE
Sweden
sweden
SG
Singapore
sing
SY
Syria
syria
TH
Thailand
thai
TR
Turkey
turkey
TW
Taiwan
taiwan
UK
United Kingdom
uk
US
United States
usa
VE
Venezuela
venezu
ZA
South Africa
sa

Population Type

Where possible, ’fast-start’ Edit-list rules are supplied for each country for the following population types: Person Names, Company Names, Mixed Names and Street Addresses. The different definition files are identified by the type codes listed below.
Code
Meaning
P
’Person Name’ Edit-list
C
’Company Name’ Edit-list
M
’Mixed Name’ Edit-list
S
’Street’ Edit-list

Optional Qualifiers

Definition files may be provided for a country’s national character set as well a romanized version. The romanized version will have the following suffix code:
Code
Meaning
R
Romanized version (where a country’s character set is non-roman)

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