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  NetGender for .NET Component Designed for Designed for Microsoft .NET  
           
 

Name Validation and Gender Coding API

NetGender for .NET allows you to quickly and easily build name verification, parsing and gender identification into your custom applications. Accurately verify whether a particular field contains a valid individual or company. NetGender uses a 200,000+, ethnically-diverse, name dictionary in combination with an 10,000+ company name dictionary to ensure precise gender determination.

  

●  Name Validation - Name-quality flag to easily identify incomplete or incorrect names.
 

●  Name Standardization - Prefixes and suffixes are abbreviated and standardized to your specifications.

  
 

●  Name Parsing - Separate full names into five individual components; split-apart dual names in the same field.

  

●  Gender Identification - 200,000+, multi-ethnic, first and last name dictionary for pinpoint accuracy.
 
  .NET Framework v4.0+
(earlier version available)		        
     
Our extensive gender dictionary was compiled from several accurate, frequency-based models including sources such as DMV and US census.

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$799 5-Developer Team License User's Guide

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  A Closer Look How NetGender Works    
         
 

NetGender for .NET can process all styles of names including inverse, natural order, hyphenated and multi-part last names. Multiple names in the same field and companies can be easily separated providing you with powerful formatting control.

NetGender can also accept free-form names and then accurately split them into their standard components no matter what the original format.

Using an extensive dictionary of more than 200,000 ethnically-diverse first and last names in combination with a 10,000+ term company dictionary, the gender is determined with extraordinary accuracy.

NetGender also uses a unique gender percentage factor. This factor is based on the proportion of males to females for a particular name allowing you to set the point at which certain names will be returned with a neutral gender.

 

NetGender for .NET starts by carefully inspecting the input name property, removing redundant punctuation, identifying companies and pre-conditioning the name for parsing.

Next, based on the Name_Style you've selected, intuitive algorithms identify and parse each individual name element into the appropriate component: prefix, first, middle, last or suffix.

The gender is now determined using the built-in dictionaries and user supplements and the Name_Quality flag is set to indicate how complete and correct the name appears to be.

Finally, the user-specified prefix/suffix abbreviations and capitalization preferences are applied and the standardized name components are returned to your application along with a complete composite name.

  
         
  Name Parsing/Gender Coding Demonstration   Examples using "Variable" name style:
Name_In DE LA ROSA, JUAN R OR MARIA
Name_Out Male Juan R De La Rosa
Name2_Out Female Maria De La Rosa
Name_In SMITH-LA BELLA JR, JOHN A & MARY B, PHD
Name_Out Male John A Smith-La Bella Jr
Name2_Out Female Mary B Smith-La Bella PhD
Name_In MARY MYTH C/O THE SOFTWARE COMPANY
Name_Out Female Mary Myth
Name2_Out Company The Software Company
Name_In O’LEARY-VAN HORN, DALE & MIKE
Name_Out Neutral Dale O'Leary-Van Horn
Name2_Out Male Mike O'Leary-Van Horn
Name_In BO JONES & WIFE BO PEEP
Name_Out Male Bo Jones
Name2_Out Female Bo Peep Jones
 
  The screen shot above was taken from a sample application created using VB.NET. This, plus a C# sample, can be found in the NetGender folder.   NetGender's precise results are driven by a specially-encoded, 200,000+ first and last name dictionary that was specifically created with a rich ethnic diversity.  
         
  Benefits Features    
     

  • Identify the gender makeup of your list for target marketing

  • Nicknames property - invaluable for finding duplicate names

  • User updatable tables so your applications never go out-of-date

  • Set proper salutations for a more personalized list

  • Free upgrades for a full year (License & Maintenance agreements)

  • Prefixes and suffixes are standardized to your specifications

  • Proper case conversion for more attractive data presentation

  • Parse full names into 5 separate components

  • Designed for use with C#, VB.NET and any other .NET compatible programming language

  
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