Addresses are complex entities with many attributes, such as street name, postal code, place name. They can be spelled out in variations, and with various level of completeness and explicitness.
Use cases for matching addresses are:
- search, and record matching
- preventing duplicates
The Optimaize Address Matcher uses the Address Parser to dissect the address, geocode it, and understand its parts. For every semantic type, of which there are two dozens, it has a specialized matcher logic, using dictionaries, and logic.
This component is part of our SearchCluster solution.