Name Parser (DEPRECATED)

Name Parser breaks down personal and business names and other terms in the name data field into their component parts. The parsing process includes an explanation of the function, form and syntactical relationship of each part to the whole. These parsed name elements are then subsequently available to other automated operations such as name matching, name standardization, or multirecord name consolidation.

Name parsing does the following:

• Determines the entity type of a name in order to describe the function which the name performs. Name entity types are divided into two major groupings: Personal names and business names with subgroups within these major groupings.
• Determines the form of a name in order to understand which syntax the parser should follow for parsing. Personal names usually take on a natural (signature) order or a reverse order. Business names are usually ordered hierarchically.
• Determines and labels the component parts of a name so that the syntactical relationship of each name part to the entire name is identified. The personal name syntax includes prefixes, first, middle, and last name parts, suffixes and account description terms among other personal name parts. The business name syntax includes the primary text, insignificant terms, prepositions, objects of the preposition and suffix terms among other business name parts.
• Determines the gender of the name. The gender is determined based on cultural assumptions which you specify. For example, Jean is a male name in France but a female name in the U.S. If you know the names you are processing are from France, you could specify French as the gender determination culture. The Name Parser uses data from the First Name and Compound First Names tables to determine gender. If a name is not found in either table and a title is present in the name, the parser checks the Title table to determine gender. Otherwise, the gender is marked as unknown.

• Assigns a parsing score which indicates the degree of confidence which the parser has that its parsing is correct.