Matching records based on Person Name
Are there any tools or methods that can be used for matching by a person's name between two different data sources? The systems have no other common information and the names have been entered differently in many cases. Examples of non-exact matches: King Jr., Martin Luther = King, Martin (exclude suffix) Erving, Dr. J. = Erving, J. (exclude prefix) Obama, Barak Hussein = Obama, Barak (exclude middle name) Pufnstuf, H.R. = Pufnstuf, Haibane Renmei (match abbreviations) Tankengine, Thomas = Tankengine, Tom (match common nicknames) Flair, Rick "the Natureboy" = Flair, Natureboy (match on