#!xml

<OysterSourceDescriptor Name="source name">
    .
<child_elements>...</child_elements>
.
</OysterSourceDescriptor>

The OysterSourceDescriptor tag has a single attribute.

• Name
  • Should be assigned a unique value that identifies the source described in the OysterSourceDescriptor.
  • A unique Name value must be set in each OysterSourceDescriptor for each source to be used in the OYSTER run.
  • When performing Identity Resolution or Identity Update, the Name value must be different from the name values used on any of the previous runs that contributed to the identity input file.
  • This attribute is used in both the link output and the identity output files to specify which source an identity originated from.

This is the root element and thus the start and end tag encloses all other elements in the document. All other elements are considered child elements to this root element. The OysterSourceDescriptor tag can enclose three tags:

• <Source>
• <ReferenceItems>
• <Item>

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