simSearch Data Type Specifications

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Data Type Specifications tell the model what form the data from each column is in so it knows how to properly compare values.

simSearch accepts the following Data Types:

ID

A mandatory field which uniquely identifies each object.

REAL

Numerical values.

NOMINAL

Values that do not bear a quantitative relationship with each other (i.e., strings and numbers which represent non-numerical information).

MULTI_PLAIN

Multiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. Non-language specific.

MULTI_ENGLISH

Multiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. The text is English language.

MULTI_SPANISH

Multiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. The text is Spanish language.

MULTI_JAPANESE

Multiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. The text is Japanese language.

ITEM_SET

A series of values with weights. (Formatted as item1:weight1;item2:weight2;item3:weight3)

IGNORE

The column shall be ignored by the program.

NULL_INDICATOR

This column type identifies the presence or absence of non-numerical data, assigning different weights to any cell with data versus those without data.

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