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##Identity Criterion for American Football Player type

###Features for establishing identity relationships

• name_match: There is a name_match if the names of the football players or their aliases on both the sources match. The match may also be approximate due to the topics using football players' nick names, missing/extra middle names, prefix/suffix (such as Jr., Sr.), or initials.
• current_team_match: There is a current_team_match if the player’s current team listed in Freebase property /american_football/football_player/current_team (Current Team) is same on both the sources.
• former_team_match: There is a former_team_match if at least one of the player’s previous teams listed in Freebase property /american_football/football_player/former_teams (Former Teams) matches with the teams on the other source.

Here are some typical patterns for determining identity of american football players:

1. name_match and current_team_match. (Example 1)
2. name_match and former_team_match. (Example 2)

Identity features, Patterns and Examples for following types are also applicable for establishing identity relationships in type /american_football/football_player:

• /people/person id criteria.
• /sports/pro_athlete id criteria .

Pattern 1 Example 1: Permalink Here the names of the football players and their current teams match on both the sources. Hence the american football players are identical.

Pattern 2 Example 2: Permalink Here the names of the football players and their former teams match on both the sources. Hence the american football players are identical.