Package: libtext-names-perl (0.46-2)

[ Source: libtext-names-perl  ]

module for proper name parsing, normalization, recognition and classification

Text::Names provides a number of name normalization routines, plus high-level parsing and name comparison utilities such as those illustrated in the synopsis.

While it tries to accommodate non-Western names, this module definitely works better with Western names, especially English-style names.

This modules normalizes names to this format:

  Lastname(s) [Jr], Given name(s)

Some examples:

  1) Bourget, David Joseph Richard

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