You can use a standardizer to ensure that names, addresses,
and phone numbers are stored in InfoSphere® MDM using the same format.
Depending on configuration, the standardizer will also normalize
address and phone number information. You can use the default standardization
that comes with InfoSphere MDM, or you can use standardizers from other products such as IBM® InfoSphere QualityStage.
Note: The generic Entity Standardization Framework can be used to
standardize data for any business object.
InfoSphere MDM offers the ability to store party names and addresses in a
standardized form. Address standardization does the following:
- Corrects and completes missing elements of an address.
- Supports address searching without requiring the address to use
a particular format. For example, you can search for "123 Main St.”
and “123 Main Street” will also be returned.
- Minimizes or eliminates duplicate addresses in the address table.
- Stores addresses separately from parties and shares them between
parties, so two different parties who are at the same address (such
as a husband and wife) can share the same address information.
This chapter describes when standardization is used in InfoSphere MDM, how standardization and normalization works within the product,
and how to use the different standardization implementations that
are available for configuration including the Default Standardizer
and QualityStage Standardizer.