Re: [xsl] XSLT function for title capitalization?

["David Sewell dsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am currently using a function similar to this but with some elaboration. The 
problem, as Liam pointed out in his response, is that the rules for 
headline/title capitalization that I am targeting are hard to express 
algorithmically, as they involve decisions about grammatical function, position 
in the title, internal punctuation ("O'Reilly", etc.) and more.

David

On Tue, 10 Apr 2018, Flanders, Charles E (US) charles.flanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Here is a function that will accomplish what you need.
>
>    <xsl:function name="c:title-case" as="xs:string">
>        <xsl:param name="expr"/>
>        <xsl:variable name="tokens" select="tokenize($expr,' ')"/>
>        <xsl:variable name="titledTokens" select="for $token in $tokens return
>            concat(upper-case(substring($token,1,1)),
>            lower-case(substring($token,2)))"/>
>        <xsl:value-of select="string-join($titledTokens,' ')"/>
>    </xsl:function>
>
>
>
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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
>
> A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ==> A Memorandum of Understanding
>
> WHERE DID THE DRUIDS COME FROM? ==> Where Did the Druids Come From?
>
> BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF [MR.] KITE ==> Being for the Benefit of [Mr.] Kite
>
> 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.
>
> It doesn't have to be perfect, just anything that will minimize the need for hand-editing.
>
> David S.
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> David Sewell
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> The University of Virginia Press
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David Sewell
Manager of Digital Initiatives
The University of Virginia Press
Email: dsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxx   Tel: +1 434 924 9973
Web: http://www.upress.virginia.edu/rotunda