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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

Summary of Options

Summary of Options

The following table lists all of the available N3SCM options in alphabetical order:
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=
ABBSCRCL
Specifies whether to apply penalty when using the
ABBRSCR
option.
Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials
section for further information.
OPTION FLAGS
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=
CSWEXOPN
Specifies the penalty for number of words matched by
CATSWEXT,2
.
For more information about the
CSWEXOPN
option, see the
Local Options Controlling Word Score
section.
OPTION SCORES
ENABLDNM
Indicates whether to disable matching the specified pairs of words even though they are similar. Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Word Type
section for further information.
OPTION FLAGS
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=
EXCTSMOD
Specifies whether the value of the
SKIPSMOD
option should be applied or not for two skip words that match exactly.
For more information about the
EXCTSMOD
option, see the
Local Options Controlling Word Score
section.
OPTION FLAGS
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
INCMATCH
Specifies whether the
REFN
option should change the score. Refer to the
Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching
section for further information.
OPTION REFN
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=
MAJOR
Specifies whether the
REFN
option should change the score if major words in each record did not match. Refer to the
Local Options Controlling Reference Record Matching
section for further information.
OPTION REFN
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
MOVEMENT
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
NOCDESTD
Disables stabilized matching of the codes. Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Word Type
section for further information.
OPTION FLAGS
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
NOEXMPEN
Does not exempt the punctuations and noise words. Applies the specified penalty when two records match exactly after the cleaning process deletes the punctuations and noise words. Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses
section for further information.
OPTION SCORES
NOEXMPN2
Does not exempt the noise words. Applies the specified penalty when two records match exactly after the cleaning and formatting process deletes the noise words. Optionally, use this option in conjunction with
NOEXMPEN
option. Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Long Names or Addresses
section for further information.
OPTION SCORES
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
ORIGCSW
Enables the edit-list category options
CATSW
and
CATSS
for matching original words. For more information about
CATSW
and
CATSS
options, refer to the
Local Options Addressing Word Type
section.
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
ORIGWMIN
Replaces all vowels in the word with
A
and deletes identical contiguous consonants in the word. It also matches contiguous identical vowels or consonants or both vowels and consonants.
For more information about the
ORIGWMIN
option, see the
Local Options Addressing Spelling
section.
OPTION SCORES
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
REMPFXWD
Checks for words in the stack that are prefixes of another word and removes the prefix from the word. Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Truncation & Initials
section for further information.
OPTION FLAGS
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
SECPIGNL
Specify category names for which you want to disable selected secondary phrase rules.
For more information about the
SECPIGNL
option, see the
Local Options Addressing Multi-valued Fields
section.
OPTION FLAGS
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
STBLSECN
Enables an additional stabilized comparison of secondary name matches. Uses the value set by the
OPTION SCORES, VALUE STD
. Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Spelling
section for further information.
OPTION FLAGS
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
STDFIPEN
Decrements the match score with a penalty. If SSA-NAME3 uses a stabilized comparison of the word pair and returns the same letter at the beginning of the word pair, use
STDFIPEN
to add a penalty and decrease the match score.
For example, when SSA-NAME3 stabilizes the words KIDS and CADS and returns the word KAD with a 90% match score, you can add
STDFIPEN, 10
to add a penalty and decrease the match score to 80.
Refer to the
Local Options for Controlling Word Score
section for further information.
OPTION SCORES
STRMATCH
Indicates whether to apply a penalty for mismatch of words at the beginning. Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Spelling
section for further information.
OPTION FLAGS
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
WNUMBER
Concatenates two words to improve the scores if the value is set to 1 or higher. This option affects the score of a single token and rescores by concatenating two words.
Refer to the
Local Options Addressing Concatenation
section for further information.
OPTION CONCAT
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

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