Grouping identity records to generate candidate lists to use in an entity and relationship resolution process

摘要

Provided are a method, system, and computer program product for grouping identity records to generate candidate lists to use in an entity and relationship resolution process. Identity records provide attributes of entities and are grouped into a group of identity records. A composite query on values for selected attributes of the identity records in the group is generated and applied to an entity database to obtain composite results of entity records in the entity database. For the identity records in the group, an individual query on attributes of one of the identity records is performed against the composite results of the entity records to determine a candidate list of entity records. Resolution rules are applied to determine entity records in the determined candidate list related to one of the identity records in the group according to the resolution rules.