Service Group Application Reference

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Services Overview

SSA-NAME3 works by providing ’Services’ to Application programs. The two main Services are for Key Building/Searching and for Matching. Other services provide special functionality, and there are informational and debugging services.

The lists below show the SSA-NAME3 Services by type.

Main Services

Type	Description
NAMESET	Name/Address key building for indexing and searching
MATCH	Matching for all types of data

Special Services

Type	Description
TRACE	Identification of attributes of a name or address
SSACLN	Name/Address Cleaning
SSAFMT	Name/Address Formatting
SSASTD	Word Stabilization
SSAPHO	Generate a binary key for a single word
SSAPHOC	Generate a character key for a single word
SSAMAJ	Generate a binary key for the major word in a name or address
SSAMAJC	Generate a character key for the major word in a name or address

Special Services

Type	Description
TRACE	Identification of attributes of a name or address
SSACLN	Name/Address Cleaning
SSAFMT	Name/Address Formatting
SSASTD	Word Stabilization
SSAPHO	Generate a binary key for a single word
SSAPHOC	Generate a character key for a single word
SSAMAJ	Generate a binary key for the major word in a name or address
SSAMAJC	Generate a character key for the major word in a name or address

Informational and Debugging Services

Type	Description
BROWSE	Browse internal data
DEBUG	Modify Matching Scheme and Algorithm parameters at run-time
INFO	Retrieve internal table definitions/structures

The words ’Formatting’ and ’Stabilization’ have a particular meaning and place within the SSA-NAME3 software and do not relate to the work done by name or addressing ’scrubbing’ software.

For a definition of what these terms mean within the SSA-NAME3 product, refer to the

Formatting and Word Stabilization

chapters.

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