1. A computer-aided method for the automatic evaluation of the similarity of two character strings that are stored in a computer or to which the computer has access by means of an interface, the method comprising: locating of associations in the character strings according to a rule stored in the computer; evaluating located associations according to a first rule stored in the computer, whereby cohesive associations—hereinafter also designated as association strings—are evaluated higher for the similarity of the character strings than non-cohesive associations; and deriving of a value, in particular a numerical value, as measure for the similarity of the two character strings from the evaluation of the sought associations according to a second rule stored in the computer, wherein the value for the similarity of the two character strings is constituted by the values of their not overlapping fragments, wherein a fragment is every association and any association string in the two character strings to be compared.
1. A computer-aided method for the automatic evaluation of the similarity of two character strings that are stored in a computer or to which the computer has access by means of an interface, the method comprising: locating of associations in the character strings according to a rule stored in the computer; evaluating located associations according to a first rule stored in the computer, whereby cohesive associations—hereinafter also designated as association strings—are evaluated higher for the similarity of the character strings than non-cohesive associations; and deriving of a value, in particular a numerical value, as measure for the similarity of the two character strings from the evaluation of the sought associations according to a second rule stored in the computer, wherein the value for the similarity of the two character strings is constituted by the values of their not overlapping fragments, wherein a fragment is every association and any association string in the two character strings to be compared. 6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein characters that have or could have the same phonetic, symbolic or contents-wise significance in different character strings are treated to be equal or similar.