Re: [xsl] XSLT function for title capitalization?

["David Rudel fwqhgads@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It isn't a matter of word-length. It is a question of part of speech.
"Is" is a verb. Generally verbs are capitalized in titles.


On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Eliot Kimber ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx <
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> I would not have capitalized the bisb.
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> Eliot Kimber
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> *From: *"Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@lists.
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> My copy-editors at Wiley tried to impose US-style title capitalization on
> my book, I found it incredibly ugly:
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> bLulab Is Inmate at Prison He Opened as Brazilbs President
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/americas/brazil-lula-jail.html>
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> "Is", "at", "He", "as"? Where's the logic?
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> Michael Kay
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> On 9 Apr 2018, at 21:52, David Sewell dsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxx <
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> Wondering if anyone has a serviceable function (preferably in XSLT 2/3 but
> v1 is fine if it works) that takes a string as input and returns it with
> title capitalization according to English-language editorial practice (for
> example, Chicago Manual of Style).  So for example
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> A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ==> A Memorandum of Understanding
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> WHERE DID THE DRUIDS COME FROM? ==> Where Did the Druids Come From?
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> BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF [MR.] KITE ==> Being for the Benefit of [Mr.] Kite
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> Use case is, as you might guess, processing a lot of titles transcribed as
> all caps, wanting to convert them to standard title case format.
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> It doesn't have to be perfect, just anything that will minimize the need
> for hand-editing.
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> David S.
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