nominally 0.9.1

An opinionated name parser for record linkage.

nominally is an opinionated name parser for record linkage.

🎓 Origins

nominally draws on the work and test bank implemented in python-nameparser into a simpler, more opinionated form.

The key benefit is that nominally narrowly maximizes on parsing lists of decently well-formed single name fields. Therefore, nominally does not support:

• Mutability
• Easy customization of lists of name parts
• Parsing multiple names from a single field
• Most titles, profession names, etc.
• Mononyms; i.e., input names expected to output only a single field
• Encoding other than UTF-8
• Input from byte strings
• Python < 3.6

Whereas I gain:

1. Easier maintainability (relative to keeping a closer fork).
2. Improved testing suite (via pytest).
3. Improved formatting (flake8, black across the board).

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