Unification Roles

All records passed through the unification process obtain a client group ID and a candidate group ID. In addition, the record is marked with a unification role, which can be one of the following values:

Unification Role

Description

N

Record has no regular key for candidate grouping.

M

Best record of one candidate group (the center of the initially established client group in the candidate group).

I

Next selected centers of other client groups in the candidate group.

S

Slaves (records similar to a center and attached to its client group).

R

Renegades (records not similar to any center in a candidate group).

O

Special center role obtained in manual override processing (see Manual Override).


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