Bug#735611: ITP: python-nameparser -- Simple Python module for parsing human names into their individual components.

[Leon Haverkotte <l.m.c.haverkotte@utwente.nl>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Leon Haverkotte <l.m.c.haverkotte@utwente.nl>

* Package name    : python-nameparser
 Version         : 0.2.8
 Upstream Author : Derek Gulbranson <derek73@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://code.google.com/p/python-nameparser/
* License         : LGPL
 Programming Lang: Python
 Description     : Simple Python module for parsing human names into
their individual components.

This nameparser module tries to parse human names into indivudual
components (title, first, middle, last, suffix).

Supports 3 comma placement variations for names of people in latin-based
languages.

   * Title Firstname Middle Lastname Suffix
   * Lastname, Title Firstname Middle [,] Suffix [, Suffix]
   * Title Firstname M Lastname, Suffix [, Suffix]

Examples:

   * Doe-Ray, Col. John A. Jérôme III
   * Dr. Juan Q. Xavier de la Vega II
   * Juan Q. Xavier Velasquez y Garcia, Jr.

It also tries to correctly capitalize names and titles when confronted
with all upper- or lowercase input, for example:

   * bob v. de la macdole-eisenhower phd -> Bob V. de la
MacDole-Eisenhower Ph.D.

The module should be unicode safe but that support is fairly untested.