business issuer id_criteria - freebase-schema/freebase GitHub Wiki
##Identity Criterion for Issuer
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name_match: There is a name_match if the issuer name matches on both the sources or are closely match. Frequently issuers may use abbreviations such as GE for General Electric.
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issue_match: There is an issue_match if at least one of the company’s issues listed in Freebase property /business/issuer/issue (Issue) matches with the issues on the other source.
Here are some typical patterns for determining identity of two issuers:
- name_match and issue_match . (Example 1)
Pattern 1 Example 1: [[Permalink| http://www.gurufocus.com/term/CommonStock/GMT/Common%2BStock/GATX%2BCorp]] Here the names of the issuers and their issues match on both the sources. Hence the issuers are identical.