Entity and property semantic types recognized by smart matching
Some entity and property semantic types are recognized and used by smart matching.
Each property plays a role in assessing the likelihood that two entities represent the same real-world object. Some properties identify the entity, such as a national identifier for a person or a license plate number for a vehicle. Other properties contribute additional information. At least one identifying property must be assigned to an entity for a match to occur.
The \ symbol in the table indicates a child semantic type.
Property semantic types in bold indicate identifying types or components of identifying types. For matching to take place, at least one identifying type must be assigned to an entity. For example, to match entities that are assigned the Car entity semantic type, the entities must have a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) or a Vehicle License Plate Number or both. They might also have other information such as make and model of the vehicle.
- Neutral
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The matching behavior of these entity types is culturally independent. For example, Bank Card, Phone and Web Site entity types match regardless of the language and region of the data.
- Partial
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The matching behavior of these entity types has some US/UK specific behavior, but matching these types is still effective in all languages and regions. For example, Motor Vehicle, Organization and Event.
- US/UK
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The matching behavior of these entity types depends on the US/UK English culture. For example, Person and Location entity types assume US/UK English culture for names and addresses. You can match these entity types outside of the US/UK English language and region, however, the results might not be as expected.
Culture | Entity types | Property semantic types |
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Neutral | Bank Card \Credit Card \Debit Card |
Card Number Card Type |
Neutral | Bank Account | Account Number Account Routing Number (US) Bank Sort Code (UK) |
Partial | Motor Vehicle \Bus \Car \Police Car \Motorcycle \Truck |
VIN Vehicle License Plate Number Vehicle Model Vehicle Color Vehicle Make Vehicle Body Style Vehicle Year |
Neutral | Event \Meeting \Crime |
Event Date Time
Event Date or Event Start Date Event Time or Event Start Time Event Title Event End Date Event End Time |
US/UK | Person \Law Enforcement Officer \Offender \Person Alias |
National Identifier Person Full Name Person First Name Person Middle Names Person Last Name Email Address Date Of Birth Person Title Person Suffix Gender |
Partial | Organization \Company \Bank \Court \Criminal Organization \Government Agency \Law Enforcement Agency \Organization Name Alias |
Organization Name |
Neutral | Phone \Cell Phone \Fax Machine \Pager |
Phone Number
Local Number Area Code International Code |
US/UK | Location \ATM \Mailing Address |
ZIP Code Full Address Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Address Line 3 Address Line 4 Address Line 5 Apartment Number Building Number/Name Street Name City Name State Name Post Office Box Country Name Country Code |
Neutral | Website \Web Page |
Web Address |