SSA-NAME3 API Reference Guide

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ssan3_match

Used to get a score and match decision for two records, a search record and a file record. Once a set of candidate records have been retrieved as a result of selecting data based on the ranges returned in

ssan3_get_ranges

call,

ssan3_match

is called to further qualify the candidate records.

Prototype


long ssan3_match (
long   sockh ,              / / Long in
long * session ,           / /  Long io
char * system ,           / /   String in
char * population ,      / /    String in
char * controls ,       / /     String in
char * rsp ,           / /      String out
long   rsp_size ,
char * ssaMsg ,       / /       String out
long   ssaMsg_size ,
char * search ,      / /        String in
char * file ,       / /         String in
char * score ,     / /          String out
long   score_size ,
char * decision , / /           String out
long   decision_size
) ;

Parameters

sockh	This is the socket to use for the call
session	Refer to the Common Parameters section
system	Refer to the Common Parameters section
population	Refer to the Common Parameters section
controls	Refer to the Controls section
rsp	Refer to the Common Parameters section
ssaMsg	Refer to the SSA-NAME3 Error Messages section
search	refer to CommonParameters section.
file	refer to CommonParameters section.
score	A 3 byte number between 0-100 indicating a confidence level of the match. The score value depends on the data, Match Purpose and Match Level
decision	’A’ meaning ’Accept’. The Score is above the Accept Limit for the specified Purpose and Match Level