appoximate string matching library - any interest?

[Istvan Albert]

Tim Churches wrote:

  > There are a number of approximate string matching functions, implemented
> in pure Python, included in the Febrl project (Febrl=Freely-extensible
> biomedical record linkage). See under "Prototype software" at
> http://datamining.anu.edu.au/projects/linkage.html or for details of the
> approximate string comparators implemented, see
> http://cs.anu.edu.au/~Peter.Christen/febrl-0.2/febrldoc-0.2.1/node37.htm
> l Note that approximate string comparator functions are different from
> (although related to) phonetic encoders, such as Soundex (see
> http://cs.anu.edu.au/~Peter.Christen/febrl-0.2/febrldoc-0.2.1/node38.htm
> l for some examples of the latter).

The Febrl string aproximation features are pretty sweet!

nice job,

Istvan.