Table 5 Heuristics to identify date of birth, with entirely ficitious examples, as they would appear in source records and CRIS output
|  | Algorithm to identify date of birth (Number date) <beginning > <day|month|year > <one_date_delimiter > <day|month|year > <one_date_delimiter > <day|month|year > <end> |  | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source record | <beginning> | <day|month| year> | <date_delimiter> | < day|month|year> | <date_delimiter> | <day|month|year> | <end> | CRIS output |
Dob: 01/01/2001 | : | 01 | / | 01 | / | 2001 | (space) | Dob: ZZZZZ |
1st of January 2001 | (Space) | 1st | (space) of (space) | January | (space) | 2001 | (space) | ZZZZZ |
…born in Jan 1st 01… | (space) | Jan | (space) | 1st | (space) | 01 | (space) | …born in ZZZZZ… |
…01-01-’01… | (space) | 01 | - | 01 | -‘ | 01 | (space) | …ZZZZZ… |
…01 Jan 2001 | (space) | 01 | (space) | Jan | (space) | 2001 | (space) | …ZZZZZ… |
Dob: 01//01/2001 | : | 01 | / | None identified owing to typographical error in the source record | None | None | None | Dob: 01//01/2001 |