REST Interface

Configurable via UI (or properties file), i.e., no coding required

UI operations are via a REST interface

Supports UTF8

Matching is based on a configurable set of defined attributes, like name attributes, and can specify required via non required

Attributes submitted to the ID Match are not assumed to be normalized (eg: ALL CAPS vs Correct Case) but are assumed to be standardized (eg: name as Given+Preferred, dates as YYYY-MM-DD)

Match can be done against internal, "black box" datastore

Match can be done against external datastore

Upon submitting a matching request the results is returns as one of "new person created", "existing person found", "potential match", or "error with request"

All attributes submitted are available to all clients, i.e., there are no attribute-level permissions

Weight/score of each attribute, and entire match is configurable